Histones (IMAGE)

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Histones

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The condensation of the DNA involves a dramatic restructuring of the two-meter-long DNA thread to a chromosome that has a diameter of 1.5 micrometers. The DNA is wound around the packaging proteins called "histones."

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