Gene
H1-8
H1.8 linker histone
- HGNC 18463(opens in a new tab)
- Ensembl gene ENSG00000178804(opens in a new tab)
- NCBI Gene 132243(opens in a new tab)
Summary
- Cytogenetic location
- 3q22.1
- Coordinates
- Chromosome 3: 129,543,175–129,551,467 (GRCh38)
- Exons
- 5 exons across 8.3 kb
- Protein
- 346 amino acids
- Previous symbols
- H1FOO
- MANE Select transcript
- ENST00000324382.7NM_153833.3
- Locus type
- gene with protein product
- Very high
- Confident
- Low
- Very low
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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How H1-8 is laid out
- Coding sequence
- Untranslated region
- Intron
- Direction of transcription
- Stretches short reads find hard
Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.
Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).
Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.
Exons make up 1.2 kb of the gene's 8.3 kb; 1,041 of those bases code for the protein.
External links
Gene records
Transcript
Protein
Clinical
Where this comes from
- HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
- MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.
Cite this page
Dante Labs. (n.d.). H1-8 gene: H1.8 linker histone. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/h1-8
Dante Labs. H1-8 gene: H1.8 linker histone [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/h1-8
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