Dynamic PRC1-CBX8 stabilizes a porous structure of chromatin condensates
M. Uckelmann, V. Levina, C. Taveneau, X. H. Ng, V. Pandey, J. Martinez, S. Mendiratta, J. Houx, M. Boudes, H. Venugopal, S. Trepout, Q. Zhang, S. Flanigan, M. Li, E. Sierecki, , C. Davidovich
This study uses cryo-electron tomography to reveal that PRC1-CBX8 condensates are porous and dynamic, challenging the notion of rigid chromatin compaction in gene repression.
bioRxiv · May 8, 2023Biophysics