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Mention what enables histones to acquire a positive charge.

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Histone proteins are the proteins that bind chromatin material together. These are rich in the basic amino acid like arginine and histidine and therefore histone has a positive charge. This is the reason because of which the stone can bind to the negatively charged DNA.


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