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Histone proteins act to package DNA, which wraps around the eight histones, into chromosomes. Histone modifications act in diverse biological processes such as transcriptional activation/inactivation, chromosome packaging, and DNA damage/repair.
It indicates what elements is composed by and how many atoms of one element are linked to the other.
For example, this is the formula for table salt is:
NaCl
The formula indicates that table salt (sodium chloride) is composed by sodium (Na) and chlorine (Cl) on a 1:1 ratio.
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The neuron, or the impulse-conducting cell of nervous tissue.
