H2AZ2

Also known as H2A.Z-2, H2AV, H2A histone family member V, H2A.Z variant histone 2, H2AFV

Histone H2A.V is a protein that in humans is encoded by the H2AFV gene.

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H2AZ2

Name: H2A.Z variant histone 2
Type: protein-coding
Aliases: H2A.Z-2, H2AFV, H2AV

Histones are basic nuclear proteins that are responsible for the nucleosome structure of the chromosomal fiber in eukaryotes. Nucleosomes consist of approximately 146 bp of DNA wrapped around a histone octamer composed of pairs of each of the four core histones (H2A, H2B, H3, and H4). The chromatin fiber is further compacted through the interaction of a linker histone, H1, with the DNA between the nucleosomes to form higher order chromatin structures. This gene encodes a replication-independent histone that is a member of the histone H2A family. Several transcript variants encoding different isoforms, have been identified for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2015].

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HomoloGene ID: 83271
genomic end: 44887682
exact match: identifiers.org/ncbigene/94239
genomic start: 44866390
cytogenetic location: 7p13

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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 of the chromosomal fiber in eukaryotes. Nucleosomes consist of approximately 146 bp of DNA wrapped around a histone octamer composed of pairs of each of the four core histones (H2A, H2B, H3, and H4). The chromatin fiber is further compacted through the interaction of a linker histone, H1, with the DNA between the nucleosomes to form higher order chromatin structures. This gene encodes a member of the histone H2A family. Several transcripts have been identified for this gene.