H2BC12

Gene

H2B clustered histone 12

HGNCHGNC:13954 EnsemblENSG00000197903 NCBI Gene85236

Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 6p22.1

Also known as

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

Also known asH2BFT · HIST1H2BK · H2BFAiii

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Previous symbolsH2BFT, HIST1H2BK

Alias symbolsH2BFAiii

Previous namesH2B histone family, member T, histone 1, H2bk, histone cluster 1, H2bk, histone cluster 1 H2B family member k

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

Central Nervous System Neoplasms

Glioma

Glioblastoma

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.

H2B histones

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2023-01-20.

Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.