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JIPMER 2007
Exam
JIPMER
Year
2007
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Cell Cycle and Cell Division

JIPMER 2007 · Botany · Cell Cycle and Cell Division

At what stage of the cell cycle are histone proteins synthesized in...

At what stage of the cell cycle are histone proteins synthesized in a eukaryotic cell ?

Options

  1. ADuring entire prophase
  2. BDuring telophase
  3. CDuring S-phase
  4. DDuring G2\mathrm{G}_2 stage of prophase

Correct answer

C. During S-phase

Step-by-step solution

Histone proteins are basic proteins and are used in packing of eukaryotic (absent in prokaryotes) DNA. DNA and histones together comprise chromatin, forming bulk of the eukaryotic chromosomes. Histones are of five major kinds H1,H2A,H2B,H3H_1, H_{2 A}, H_{2 B}, H_3 and H4.H1H_4 . H_1 histones link neighbouring nucleosomes (fundamental packing units of an eukaryotic chromosome), while other are elements of nucleosome structure. During S-phase of cell cycle synthesis of histone proteins take place because at this stage number of chromosomes become double to that of somatic number.
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