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Darshan Ponkiya

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Nascent transcription profiling identifies H3K36 methylation as a custodian of the somatic transcriptome

Hina Sultana, Vasudha Vandadi, Harmony R. Salzler, Apoorva Baluapuri, Darshan Ponkiya, Alexis K Hirth, Grace C Vernesoni, Seth Raphael Goldman, Karen Adelman, A. Gregory Matera

The paper identifies H3K36 methylation as critical for maintaining transcriptome fidelity in metazoans by suppressing aberrant initiation in heterochromatin.

bioRxiv · Oct 28, 2026 · PreprintGenetics