histone (Crossword)

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  1. Simple protein
  2. Water-soluble protein

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• Any of a group of five small basic proteins
• A class of proteins found in eukaryotic chromosomes
• A simple protein containing mainly basic amino acids
• Histone: A protein around which DNA coils to form chromatin
• Proteins that DNA wraps around as it coils into chromosomes. 
• One of a number of simple proteins (often found in the cell nucleus)
• Any of a group of simple alkaline proteins usually occurring in cell nuclei
• Histone One of the five kinds of proteins that are part of chromatin in eukaryotic cells
• Any of a group of small proteins that DNA wraps around to become compacted within the nucleus of a cell
• Protein found in the nuclei of all eukaryotic cells where they are complexed to DNA in chromatin and chromosomes

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