{"symbol":"HIST3H2A","synonyms":[],"name":"histone cluster 3, H2a","description":"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 replication-dependent histone that is a member of the histone H2A family. Transcripts from this gene contain a palindromic termination element. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2015]","ncbiEntrezGeneId":92815,"ncbiEntrezGeneUrl":"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/92815","proteins":[{"symbol":"H2A3_HUMAN","href":"/api/1.0/protein/H2A3_HUMAN"}],"hgncRootFamilies":[{"name":"Histones","href":"/api/1.0/gene_family/Histones"}]}