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Mouse (GRCm39)
Description

H1.8 linker histone [Source:MGI Symbol;Acc:MGI:2176207]

Gene Synonyms

H1-8, H1foo, H1oo

Location

Chromosome 6: 115,921,899-115,927,197 forward strand.

GRCm39:CM000999.3

About this gene

This gene has 5 transcripts (splice variants), 148 orthologues, 10 paralogues and is associated with 7 phenotypes.

Transcript IDNamebpProteinTranslation IDBiotypeCCDSUniProt MatchFlags
ENSMUST00000037831.15H1f8-2011118304aaENSMUSP00000036951.8
 
Protein coding
CCDS20447Q8VIK3-1 Ensembl CanonicalGENCODE PrimaryGENCODE BasicAPPRIS P2TSL:1
ENSMUST00000161969.4H1f8-2031122246aaENSMUSP00000123797.2
 
Protein coding
CCDS85133Q8VIK3-2 GENCODE BasicAPPRIS ALT2TSL:1
ENSMUST00000161617.7H1f8-202785251aaENSMUSP00000125701.3
 
Protein coding
E0CZ52 TSL:3CDS 3' incomplete
ENSMUST00000205177.2H1f8-20552064aaENSMUSP00000144958.2
 
Protein coding
A0A0N4SV54 TSL:3CDS 5' incomplete
ENSMUST00000162084.8H1f8-204119246aaENSMUSP00000124090.2
 
Nonsense mediated decay
E0CYL2 TSL:1