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    Histone H2A is one of the five main histone proteins involved in the structure of chromatin in eukaryotic cells. The other histone proteins are: H1, H2B...
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    which are designated H1/H5 (linker histones), H2, H3, and H4 (core histones). The nucleosome core is formed of two H2A-H2B dimers and a H3-H4 tetramer....
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    proteins called histones, which are known as a histone octamer. Each histone octamer is composed of two copies each of the histone proteins H2A, H2B, H3, and...
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  • Histone variants are proteins that substitute for the core canonical histones (H3, H4, H2A, H2B) in nucleosomes in eukaryotes and often confer specific...
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    Histone H2A.Z is a protein that in humans is encoded by the H2AZ1 gene. Histones are basic nuclear proteins that are responsible for the nucleosome structure...
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  • H2A, H-2A or H-IIA can refer to: Histone H2A, a component of DNA higher structure in eukaryotic cells H-IIA, a family of Japanese rockets. H-2A Visa, a...
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    core histone proteins (H2A, H2B, H3, and H4). The octamer assembles when a tetramer, containing two copies of H3 and two of H4, complexes with two H2A/H2B...
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  • histone-DNA interactions. Two copies of histone H2B come together with two copies each of histone H2A, histone H3, and histone H4 to form the octamer core of the...
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    H2AFX (redirect from H2A.X)
    H2A histone family member X (usually abbreviated as H2AX) is a type of histone protein from the H2A family encoded by the H2AFX gene. An important phosphorylated...
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    and chromodomains, and they are found to acetylate lysine residues on histones H2A, H3, and H4. Several MYST family proteins contain zinc fingers as well...
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  • components of chromatin are histones. An octamer of two sets of four histone cores (Histone H2A, Histone H2B, Histone H3, and Histone H4) bind to DNA and function...
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    Histone H2A type 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HIST3H2A gene. Histones are basic nuclear proteins that are responsible for the nucleosome...
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  • while H2A and H2B form heterodimers) via extensive hydrophobic interactions between each histone fold domain in a "handshake motif". Also the histone fold...
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    Histone H2A type 1-H is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HIST1H2AH gene. Histones are basic nuclear proteins that are responsible for the nucleosome...
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    changes include histone modifications, such as histone H3 methylation (i.e. H3K27me3 by PRC2 which is recruited by Xist) and histone H2A ubiquitination...
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    AlkB homolog 1, histone H2A dioxygenase is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ALKBH1 gene. This gene encodes a homolog to the E. coli alkB gene...
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    Histone H2A type 2-B is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HIST2H2AB gene. Histones are basic nuclear proteins that are responsible for the nucleosome...
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    nucleosomes, which are histone octamers formed of core histone proteins; two histone H2A-H2B dimers, two histone H3 proteins, and two histone H4 proteins. The...
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    Histone H2A type 1-B/E is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HIST1H2AB gene. Histones are basic nuclear proteins that are responsible for the...
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    Histone H2A-Bbd type 1 also known as H2A Barr body-deficient is a histone protein variant that in humans is encoded by the H2AFB1 gene (H2A histone family...
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    Histone H2A type 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HIST1H2AL gene. Histones are basic nuclear proteins that are responsible for the nucleosome...
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    Histone H2A type 1-A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HIST1H2AA gene. Histones are basic nuclear proteins that are responsible for the nucleosome...
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    Histone H2A type 1-J is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HIST1H2AJ gene. Histones are basic nuclear proteins that are responsible for the nucleosome...
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    protein complexes called histone cores. These histone cores are composed of 8 subunits, two each of H2A, H2B, H3 and H4 histones. This protein complex forms...
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    Histone H2A type 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HIST1H2AK gene. Histones are basic nuclear proteins that are responsible for the nucleosome...
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    tetramer. This tetramer further combines with two H2a-H2b dimers to form the compact Histone octamer core. Histone H4 is one of the slowest evolving proteins...
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    Histone H2A.V is a protein that in humans is encoded by the H2AFV gene. Histones are basic nuclear proteins that are responsible for the nucleosome structure...
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    Histone H2A type 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HIST1H2AM gene. Histones are basic nuclear proteins that are responsible for the nucleosome...
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    Histone H2A.J is a protein that in humans is encoded by the H2AFJ gene. Histones are basic nuclear proteins that are responsible for the nucleosome structure...
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  • target five major classes of histone protein subunits: H1, H2A, H2B, H3, and H4. Anti-histone antibodies are diverse, so aside from targeting the protein...
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