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How many histones make the core part of a nucleosome. What is the basis of binding DNA molecule to the histones ?

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The core part of nucleosome comprises of 8 Histone molecules. DNA molecule is negatively charged whereas histone octomer is positively charged. Therefore, negatively charged DNA binds with the positively charged histone octomer.
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