Chromosomes contain both DNA and protein. The DNA is rapped around proteins called histones, which serve both to compact the DNA and to regulate its activity. There are also other proteins as well, but histones are the most common.
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Chromosomes are found in all organisms with a cell nucleus (eukaryote) and are located within the nucleus. Each chromosome contains a single extremely long DNA molecule that is packaged by various proteins into a compact domain.
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Chromosomes are both proteins and the nucleic acid. The integral proteins are the histones that are the basis of the nucleosome assemblies that the DNA coils around.
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Chromosomes contain both DNA and protein. Chromosomes are composed of nucleosomes, which is a complex of DNA wrapped around a protein core called a histone.
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Both. The DNA is wrapped around histone proteins that stabilize it and help pack the large amount of DNA into tiny chromosomes
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Chromosome contains both DNA and proteins.
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DNA only