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Most testicular seminomas showed strong nuclear positivity. Moderate cytoplasmic immunoreactivity was observed in several melanomas, ovarian, gastric and liver cancers. Remaining cancer cells were weakly stained or negative.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
HIST1H2BA (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
bA317E16.3, H2BFU, STBP, TSH2B
Description
Histone cluster 1, H2ba (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
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 testis/sperm-specific member of the histone H2B family. Transcripts from this gene contain a palindromic termination element. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2015]