Extensive digestion of chromatin with micrococcal nuclease was found to yield particles called nucleosome core particles that appear as beads when viewed by electron microscopy. Which of the following is not found in the nucleosome core particle?

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The nucleosome core particle contains two molecules each of H2A, H2B, H3, and H4 proteins, but only one molecule of the linker histone, H1, is found outside of the core particle. Therefore, the correct answer is D, as it is the only option that is not found within the nucleosome core particle.

Extensive Digestion of Chromatin with Micrococcal Nuclease Was Found to Yield