A histone variant condenses flowering plant sperm via chromatin phase separation
T. Buttress, S. He, L. Wang, S. Zhou, L. Sun, G. Saalbach, M. Vickers, P. Li, X. Feng
This study identifies H2B.8 as a histone variant that mediates chromatin condensation in flowering plant sperm through phase separation, enabling nuclear compaction without transcriptional inhibition.
bioRxiv · Sep 14, 2021 · PreprintPlant Biology