In literature, Treasure Island and Peter Pan use pirates as their inspiration. In video games, pirates inspire games such as Sid Meier's Pirates! and the Secret of Monkey Island and its sequels. There are also numerous pirate movies, including Hook and of course the Pirates of the Caribbean series of films.
Nucleolus. Definition. noun, plural: nucleoli. The round granular structure within the nucleus of a cell, and composed of protein and RNA. Supplement. Nucleolus is involved with ribosomal RNA synthesis and formation of ribosomes in eukaryotes. Word origin: New Latin, from Latin, diminutive of nucleus, kernel.he round granular structure within the nucleus of a cell, and composed of protein and RNA. Supplement. Nucleolus is involved with ribosomal RNA synthesis and formation of ribosomes in eukaryotes. Word origin: New Latin, from Latin, diminutive of nucleus, kernel.
Chromatin is comprised of histones and DNA: a 147 bp of DNA chain wrapped around the 8 core histone forms the basic chromatin unit, the nucleosome. The function of chromatin is to efficiently package DNA into a small volume to fit into the nucleus of a cell and protect the DNA structure and sequence.