Talbert, Paul BAhmad, KamiAlmouzni, GenevieveAusio, JuanBerger, FredericBhalla, PremBonner, William MCande, W ZachusChadwick, BrownChan, Simon W LTremethick, David2015-12-131756-8935http://hdl.handle.net/1885/84816Histone variants are non-allelic protein isoforms that play key roles in diversifying chromatin structure. The known number of such variants has greatly increased in recent years, but the lack of naming conventions for them has led to a variety of namingAuthor/s retain copyrightKeywords: histone; histone H1; histone H2A; histone H2AX; histone H2AZ; histone H2B; histone H3; histone H4; Arabidopsis; Dictyostelium; Euglena; gene cluster; gene dosage; gene sequence; genetic variability; Giardia; histone phosphorylation; human; nonhuman; phyloA unified phylogeny-based nomenclature for histone variants201210.1186/1756-8935-5-72016-02-24