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Designing a Western blot for Histone H2AX? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the H2AX Western Blot GuideFacts about Histone H2AX.
Histones thereby play a central role in transcription regulation, DNA repair, DNA replication and chromosomal stability. DNA accessibility is regulated by means of a complex set of post-translational modifications of histones, also known as histone code, and nucleosome remodeling.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | H2AX |
| Uniprot: | P16104 |
| Entrez: | 3014 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| histone H2A family |

H2A histone family, member X; H2A.X; H2a/x; H2AX histone; H2AXhistone H2A.x; YH2AX
Mass (kDA):
15.145 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 11q23.3 |
| Sequence: | 11; NC_000011.10 (119093874..119095465, complement) |
Nucleus. Chromosome.






PMID: 2587254 by Mannironi C., et al. H2A.X. a histone isoprotein with a conserved C-terminal sequence, is encoded by a novel mRNA with both DNA replication type and polyA 3' processing signals.
PMID: 9488723 by Rogakou E.P., et al. DNA double-stranded breaks induce histone H2AX phosphorylation on serine 139.