Amino acid present in histones are

Arginine and histidine

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Arginine and lysine

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Lysine and histidine

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Arginine and cytosine

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Solution

The correct option is A Arginine and lysine
Histones are the alkaline protein which wrapped DNA into a condensed form. Histones consist of two basic (positively charged) amino acids arginine and lysine. Thus, the correct answer is C.

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