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They help fold and coil DNA to make it smaller.

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What is the role or proteins in a chromosome?

Chromatin is tightly coiled and wrapped around proteins called histones to form structures called chromosomes


What is the role of proteins in the chromosome?

They help fold and coil DNA to make it smaller.


What is chromosome and what does it do?

A chromosome is a mix of tightly packed DNA and proteins.


Is a gene the same thinga as a chromosome?

No. A chromosome is composed of proteins and genes.


What is the relationship between chromosome mRNA and proteins?

The mRNA is transcribed into proteins


What substances are contained in a chromosome?

DNA and proteins (such as histones).


How DNA packaged into chromosome?

By proteins called histones.


At the beginning of cell division DNA and the proteins associated with the DNA coil into a structure called an?

At the beginning of cell division, DNA and the proteins associated with the DNA coil into a structure called a chromosome. Chromosomes are visible under a microscope and contain the genetic material (DNA) of an organism.


Does a chromosome contain histone?

Histones are proteins that aid the condensation of the DNA. Condensation makes the DNA more compact so it would fit in the cells. In this compaction process, DNA is winded around these proteins.


What does a replicate chromosome consist of?

A replicated chromosome consists of an exact copy (assuming no mutations) of the original chromosome, which is composed of DNA and proteins called histones.


Chromatin contains proteins called?

Histones are the main proteins in chromatin, histones are a group of five small basic proteins in the nucleus.


Is the chromosome of a bacterium wrapped around proteins?

In order to fit within a cell, DNA becomes more compact by wrapping tightly around associated proteins. Chromatids are duplicate halves of a chromosome.