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Q. The packaging of chromatin at a higher level requires an additional set of proteins that collectively are referred to as

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The packaging of chromatin at a higher level requires an additional set of proteins that collectively are referred to as Non-histone Chromosomal (NHC) proteins. In eukaryotes, the DNA is bound to positively charged proteins and form a structure called a nucleosome.