Histone H2A is one of the 5 main histone proteins involved in the structure of chromatin in eukaryotic cells. Featuring a main globular domain and a long N terminal tail H2A is involved with the structure of the nucleosomes of the 'beads on a string' structure.
Other histone proteins involved: H1 H2B H3 H4
H2A is coded by many genes in the human genome, including:
H2AFB1, H2AFB2, H2AFB3, H2AFJ, H2AFV, H2AFX, H2AFY, H2AFY2, and H2AFZ
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Chromatin ( Euchromatin, Heterochromatin)
Histone (H1, H2A, H2B, H3, H4)
Centromere (A, B, C1, C2, E, F, H, I, J, K, M, N, O, P, Q, T
Nucleosome - Telomere - Chromatid
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