Which of the following terms describes the DNA-protein complexes that look like beads on a string?

1. Chromatin

2. 30-nanometer fiber

3. Histones

4. Nucleosome

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Goodman

Biology

24 December, 09:52

Which of the following terms describes the DNA-protein complexes that look like beads on a string?

1. Chromatin

2. 30-nanometer fiber

3. Histones

4. Nucleosome

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Arielle Clayton · Answer 1

Option 4, nucleosome

Explanation:

Nucleosome is a structural unit of a eukaryotic chromosome, consisting of a length of DNA coiled around a core of histones. This is thus the beads on the string (chromatin).

Which of the following terms describes the DNA-protein complexes that look like beads on a string?1. Chromatin2. 30-nanometer fiber3. Histones4. Nucleosome

Which of the following terms describes the DNA-protein complexes that look like beads on a string?

1. Chromatin

2. 30-nanometer fiber

3. Histones

4. Nucleosome