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. 2014 Nov 2;27(1):84–97. doi: 10.1007/s12640-014-9497-5

Table 5.

Histone H4 in humans

Histone Name of genes Genomic location (Ensembl) Protein length (aa) (Swiss-Prot) Function (references)
H4 HIST4H4 12p12.3 103 No variants are recognized
HIST1H4A 6p22.1
HIST1H4B 6p22.2
HIST1H4C 6p22.2
HIST1H4D 6p22.2
HIST1H4E 6p22.2
HIST1H4F 6p22.2
HIST1H4H 6p22.2 H4 makes contact with the other three histones in the octamer
HIST1H4I 6p22.1
HIST1H4J 6p22.1
HIST1H4K 6p22.1
HIST1H4L 6p22.1
HIST2H4A 1q21.2
HIST2H4B 1p21.2