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Description

In eukaryotes, DNA is wrapped around histone octamers to form the basic unit of chromatin structure. The octamer is composed of histones H2A, H2B, H3 and H4 and it associates with approximately 200 base pairs of DNA to form the nucleosome. The association of DNA with histones results in dense packing of chromatin, which restricts proteins involved in gene transcription from binding to DNA. Histone H1 is required for the condensation of nucleosome chains into higher order structures. Phosporylation of histone H1 is thought be involved in this process, although the exact nature of this role has yet to be elucidated. Evidence suggests that histone H1 is a part of a general repressor mechanism for stable repression of transcription, but it can also activate transcription of specific genes.

Bioinformatics

Entrez	8353 Human 319151 Mouse
Product By Gene ID	8353
Alternate Names	H3 histone family, member D H3.1HIST1H3D H3/d H3FA H3FB H3FC H3FDHIST1H3F H3FF H3FH H3FI H3FJ H3FK H3FL HIST1H3A HIST1H3B HIST1H3C HIST1H3G HIST1H3H HIST1H3I HIST1H3J histone 1, H3e histone cluster 1, H3e Histone H3.1 Histone H3/a Histone H3/b Histone H3/c Histone H3/d Histone H3/f Histone H3/h Histone H3/i Histone H3/j Histone H3/k Histone H3/l

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