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11/12/2021 5:15 pm
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Write the role of histone proteins in packaging of DNA in eukaryotes.
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11/12/2021 5:16 pm
- Histone proteins are positively charged and are organized to from a unit of eight molecules, called a histone octamer.
- The negatively charged DNA molecule (of about 200 bp) wraps around the histone octamer to form a nucleosome, the repeating unit of chromatin.