1. Histones are found in the Euryarchaea, but not in bacteria.2. Archaeal histones may well resemble the evolutionary precursors to eukaryotic histones. 3. Archaeal histones may well resemble the evolutionary precursors to eukaryotic histones . 4. The nucleosome core particle is composed of DNA and histone proteins. 5. Epigenetic control is often associated with alternative covalent modifications of histones . 6. Methylation, along with histone modification, is central to imprinting. 7. Butyrate increases gene expression of FOXP3 ( the histone deacetylase inhibition. 8. New evidence is pointing to several modifications within the histone core. 9. Ubiquitinated histone H2B is often found in regions of active transcription. 10. A chromosome is an organized structure consisting of DNA and histones .