How is a long polymer like DNA packaged in a cell?
How is a long polymer like DNA packaged in a cell?
Scattered throughout the cell
Held with some proteins in a region called ‘nucleoid’
Outside the cell
In the nucleus
Solution
In prokaryotes like E. coli, though they do not have a defined nucleus, the DNA is not scattered throughout the cell. DNA is held with some proteins (that have positive charges) in a region called ‘nucleoid’.