Histones are basic nuclear proteins that are responsible for the nucleosome structure of the chromosomal fiber in eukaryotes.
Nucleosomes consist of approximately 146 bp of DNA wrapped around a histone octamer composed of pairs of each of the four core histones (H2A, H2B, H3, and H4).
The chromatin fiber is further compacted through the interaction of a linker histone, H1, with the DNA between the nucleosomes to form higher order chromatin structures.
This gene is intronless and encodes a member of the histone H3 family.
Transcripts from this gene lack polyA tails; instead, they contain a palindromic termination element.
This gene is located separately from the other H3 genes that are in the histone gene cluster on chromosome 6p22-p21.3.
Applications:Suitable for use in Western Blot and Immunocytochemistry.