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Answer» Since the options have not been given, I am giving a general answer.
The CORRECT answer should be - the HU PROTEINS.
Non-histone or Histone-like proteins are structures that are present in a majority of prokaryotes which are present in the DNA. The chromatin in the nuclear material has an approximately equal AMOUNT of non-histone chromosomal proteins.
A wide variety bacterial histone-like proteins are known. The important ones are - HU, IHF, H-NS, and FIS. These proteins are smaller, basic, and less complex and they perform the topological MODIFICATIONS like bending, twisting, and folding of the chromosomes.
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