H1 binding to DNA is different than that of the other four histones because H1 binds to:

A. the major groove of the DNA only.
B the DNA as it comes off both sides of the nucleosome.
C. as a component of the octamer; however, unlike H2A, H3, and H4, H1 lacks the histone tail.
D. one strand of the linker DNA as it comes off the nucleosome and binds a second site in the central region of the DNA supercoil.
E. the DNA as a homotetramer.


D

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