Histone H2B
| H2B histone family, member M | |
|---|---|
| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | H2BFM |
| Entrez | 286436 |
| HUGO | 27867 |
| RefSeq | XM_210048 |
| UniProt | Q99879 |
| Other data | |
| Locus | Chr. X q22.2 |
Histone H2B is one of the 5 main histone proteins involved in the structure of chromatin in eukaryotic cells. Featuring a main globular domain and a long N terminal tail H2B is involved with the structure of the nucleosomes of the 'beads on a string' structure.[1][2]
See nucleosome, histone and chromatin.
Other histone proteins involved: H1 H2A H3 H4
References
- ↑ Bhasin M, Reinherz EL, Reche PA (2006). "Recognition and classification of histones using support vector machine". J. Comput. Biol. 13 (1): 102–12. doi:10.1089/cmb.2006.13.102. PMID 16472024.
- ↑ Hartl, Daniel L.; Freifelder, David; Snyder, Leon A. (1988). Basic Genetics. Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers. ISBN 0-86720-090-1.
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