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Table 2 Specific name change suggestions for histones

From: A unified phylogeny-based nomenclature for histone variants

Old name

Organism(s)

New unified name

H2A (with SPKK motifs)

plants

H2A.W

H2A.Bbd

mammals

H2A.B

H2Abd1, H2Abd2, H2Abd

bdelloid rotifers

(bdelloid) H2A.1

to (bdelloid) H2A.3

H2AL

mammals

H2A.L

H2Av, H2AvD, D2, hv1, Htz1p

Drosophila, Tetrahymena, Saccharomyces

H2A.Z

SubH2Bv

mammals

subH2B

H2BL1

mammals

subH2B

H2Bv

apicomplexans

H2B.Z

H2BV

trypanosomes

H2B.V

H2BFWT

mammals

H2B.W

TH2B, hTSH2B

mammals

(TS) H2B.1

H3(P)

Moneuplotes

H3.P

H3t

mammals

(TS) H3.4

H3v1 to H3v10

Stylonychia

H3.1 to H3.10

H3V

trypanosomes

H3.V

H3.X

human

H3.Y.2

H3.Y

human

H3.Y.1

H4V

trypanosomes

H4.V

H1°

animals

H1.0

H5

birds

H1.0

H1δ

echinoderms

H1.0

H1t

mammals

(TS) H1.6

H1T2

mammals

(TS) H1.7

H1oo

mammals

(OO) H1.8

Hils1

mammals

(TS) H1.9

H1x

vertebrates

H1.10

B4

frogs

(Amphibian) H1.4

  1. Parentheses ( ) indicate an optional descriptor.