Histone H2B is one of the 5 main histone proteins involved in the structure of chromatin in eukaryotic cells. Featuring a main globular domain and a long N terminal tail H2B is involved with the structure of the nucleosomes of the ‘beads on a string’ structure.See nucleosome histone and chromatin.Other histone proteins involved:H1H2AH3H4
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