Histone H2B
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H2B histone family, member M
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| Identifiers | |
| Symbol(s) | H2BFM |
| Entrez | 286436 |
| RefSeq | XM_210048 |
| UniProt | [1] |
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| 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. See nucleosome, histone and chromatin.
Other histone proteins involved: H1 H2A H3 H4
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