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Histone H2

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Proteins in the core histone families, histone H2A and histone H2B represent 2 of the 4 families of histones found in the core of nucleosomes. Histones in the H2A family dimerize with those in the H2B family, then two H2A/H2B dimers can associate with a tetramer containing 2 proteins from the histone H3 family and 2 proteins from the histone H4 family to form the octameric nucleosome core. The octameric complex is the basic unit for eukaryotic DNA packaging. [ ]

Term info

Label

Histone H2

Synonyms
  • Histone 2
  • Histone H2
Subsets

NCIT_C116977, NCIT_C142800, NCIT_C142799

Display Name

Histone H2

Preferred Name

Histone H2

Semantic Type

Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein

UMLS CUI

C3898883

code

C114866