H2AC18

Gene

H2A clustered histone 18

HGNCHGNC:4736 EnsemblENSG00000288825 NCBI Gene8337

Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 1q21.2

Also known as

Symbols and names change; identity (the HGNC ID) does not. Previous and alternative forms are kept distinct.

Also known asH2AFO · HIST2H2AA · HIST2H2AA3 · H2A.2 · H2A/q

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Previous symbolsH2AFO, HIST2H2AA, HIST2H2AA3

Alias symbolsH2A.2, H2A/q

Previous namesH2A histone family, member O, histone 2, H2aa, histone 2, H2aa3, histone cluster 2, H2aa3, histone cluster 2 H2A family member a3

Associated diseases

via associated_with

Diseases linked to this gene through the canonical GENE→DISEASE (associated_with) relation, drawn from Open Targets' top-ranked associations by overall score — not the full association set. Disease-level detail lives on each disease's own page.

Communicable Diseases

Myelodysplastic syndrome

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular

Drawn from Open Targets’ top 10 associations by overall score for this gene — the subset resolved to a canonical disease. Lower-ranked associations, and diseases not yet canonicalised, are not shown.

Gene family

HGNC gene-group membership.

H2A histonesProteins encoded by multiple genes

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2023-10-20.

Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.