NEETBiologyMolecular Basis of InheritanceMCQ+4 / −1
Read the following statements and choose the set of correct statements:
(a) Euchromatin is loosely packed chromatin
(b) Heterochromatin is transcriptionally active
(c) Histone octamer is wrapped by negatively charged DNA in nucleosome
(d) Histones are rich in lysine and arginine
(e) A typical nucleosome contains 400 bp of DNA helix
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
- A(b), (d), (e) only
- B(a), (c), (d) only
- C(b), (e) only
- D(a), (c), (e) only
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Correct answer: B
Heterochromatin is transcriptionally inactive. A typical nucleosome contains 200 bp of DNA helix.
Euchromatin is the loosely packed chromatin region.
The negatively charged DNA is wrapped around the positively charged histone octamer to form a structure called nucleosome. Histones are rich in basic amino acid residues lysine and arginine.
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