3D chromatin compartment of round spermatids encodes the spatiotemporal program of histone-to-protamine exchange in spermiogenesis
Mashiat Rabbani, Zachary Apell, Timothy J. Parnell, Lindsay Moritz, Sion Kim, Sowmya Srinivasan, Ritvija Agrawal, Alexander Vargo, Peter Orchard, Wenxin Xie, Lydia Freddolino, Alan P. Boyle, Jun Z. Li, Bluma J. Lesch, Bradley Robert Cairns, , Saher Sue Hammoud
The paper defines a 3D chromatin compartment blueprint that programs histone-to-protamine exchange during spermiogenesis using ATAC-seq, CUT&Tag, and Hi-C.
bioRxiv · Mar 12, 2026 · PreprintGenomics