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BiologyMolecular Basis of InheritancePackaging of DNA HelixMedium2 minPYQ_2026
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In the chromosomes, DNA is associated with histone and non-histone proteins. This was reported in 1974 by -----------------.

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In 1974, R. Kornberg reported that in chromosomes, DNA is associated with histone and non-histone proteins to form the basic structural unit of chromatin, which is known as the nucleosome.

F.H.C. Crick co-discovered the double helix structure of DNA in 1953.

F. Miescher discovered nucleic acids (nuclein) in 1869.

F. Griffith discovered the transforming principle in 1928.

Answer: R. Kornberg

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