Question

Eukaryotic chromosomes tend to be much larger than prokaryotic chromosomes. In order to package these large chromosomes into the nucleus, which family of proteins are used by the cell?(1 point)
Responses

histones
histones

RNA polymerases
RNA polymerases

transcription factors
transcription factors

DNA polymerases
DNA polymerases
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The correct response is histones.

Histones are a family of proteins that help package and organize DNA into structural units called nucleosomes, which then further coil and fold to form more compact structures, allowing the large eukaryotic chromosomes to fit into the nucleus.