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Official Full Name: H2B clustered histone 18
Also known as: HIST2H2BF
Histones are fundamental nuclear proteins responsible for the structure of eukaryotic chromosome fibers in the nucleosome. The structure consists of approximately 146 bp of DNA wrapped around a nucleosome, an octamer composed of each pair of four core histones (H2A, H2B, H3, and H4). By linking DNA interactions between histone H1 and nucleosomes, chromatin fibers are further compacted to form higher-order chromatin structures. This gene encodes a replication-dependent histone, a member of the histone H2B family, present in a histone cluster on chromosome 1.