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Table 9 Revised gene nomenclature for human histone H4 genes

From: A standardized nomenclature for mammalian histone genes

Variant symbol

HGNC gene symbol

HGNC gene name

Previous symbol

HGNC ID

UniProt ID

H4

H4C1

H4 clustered histone 1

HIST1H4A

HGNC:4781

P62805

H4

H4C2

H4 clustered histone 2

HIST1H4B

HGNC:4789

P62805

H4

H4C3

H4 clustered histone 3

HIST1H4C

HGNC:4787

P62805

H4

H4C4

H4 clustered histone 4

HIST1H4D

HGNC:4782

P62805

H4

H4C5

H4 clustered histone 5

HIST1H4E

HGNC:4790

P62805

H4

H4C6

H4 clustered histone 6

HIST1H4F

HGNC:4783

P62805

H4*

H4C7

H4 clustered histone 7

HIST1H4G

HGNC:4792

Q99525

H4

H4C8

H4 clustered histone 8

HIST1H4H

HGNC:4788

P62805

H4

H4C9

H4 clustered histone 9

HIST1H4I

HGNC:4793

P62805

NA

H4C10P

H4 clustered histone 10, pseudogene

HIST1H4PS1

HGNC:4786

NA

H4

H4C11

H4 clustered histone 11

HIST1H4J

HGNC:4785

P62805

H4

H4C12

H4 clustered histone 12

HIST1H4K

HGNC:4784

P62805

H4

H4C13

H4 clustered histone 13

HIST1H4L

HGNC:4791

P62805

H4

H4C14

H4 clustered histone 14

HIST2H4A

HGNC:4794

P62805

H4

H4C15

H4 clustered histone 15

HIST2H4B

HGNC:29,607

P62805

H4

H4C16

H4 histone 16

HIST4H4

HGNC:20,510

P62805

  1. * This protein predicted to be encoded by the human H4C7 gene has been referred to in the literature as H4.7 or H4.G but its existence is in doubt and there is no separate symbol in the Strasbourg unified nomenclature