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PROSITE documentation PDOC00308 [for PROSITE entry PS00357] |
Histone H2B is one of the four histones, along with H2A, H3 and H4, which forms the eukaryotic nucleosome core. Using alignments of histone H2B sequences [1,2,E1], we selected a conserved region in the C-terminal part of H2B.
Last update:November 1995 / Pattern and text revised.
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PROSITE method (with tools and information) covered by this documentation:
1 | Authors | Wells D.E. Brown D. |
Title | Histone and histone gene compilation and alignment update. | |
Source | Nucleic Acids Res. 19:2173-2188(1991). | |
PubMed ID | 2041803 |
2 | Authors | Thatcher T.H. Gorovsky M.A. |
Title | Phylogenetic analysis of the core histones H2A, H2B, H3, and H4. | |
Source | Nucleic Acids Res. 22:174-179(1994). | |
PubMed ID | 8121801 |
E1 | Title | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/HistoneDB2.0/index.fcgi/browse/ |