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Standard XII
Biology
Chromatin
Does chromati...
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Does chromatin contain non-histone protein?
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Chromatin:
A DNA-protein complex that forms chromosomes is called chromatin.
It usually contains histone proteins and DNA along with some non-histone proteins and RNA.
The non-histone proteins help in the organization and compaction of chromosomes, processing, and synthesis of RNA, etc.
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