Alias |
HIST1H3A,H3FA,HIST1H3B,H3FL,HIST1H3C,H3FC,HIST1H3D,H3FB,HIST1H3E,H3FD,HIST1H3F,H3FI,HIST1H3G,H3FH,HIST1H3H,H3FK,HIST1H3I,H3FF,HIST1H3J,H3FJ,Histone H3.1,Histone H3/a,Histone H3/b,Histone H3/c,Histone H3/d,Histone H3 |
Background |
Core component of nucleosome. Nucleosomes wrap and compact DNA into chromatin, limiting DNA accessibility to the cellular machineries which require DNA as a template. Histones thereby play a central role in transcription regulation, DNA repair, DNA replication and chromosomal stability. DNA accessibility is regulated via a complex set of post-translational modifications of histones, also called histone code, and nucleosome remodeling. |