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Harsh M. Ranawat

Heidelberg UniversityORCID 0000-0002-4783-9001Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:Arabidopsis· 1 Assay:cryo-EM· 1 Research Focus:protein folding & dynamics· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1 Approach:wet-lab / biochemical assay· 1

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Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprintJul 3, 2026

Emergence of histone-based chromatin complexity in Asgard archaea

Chung Hyun Cho, Colleen S. Russett, Zachary H. Harvey…·Frédéric Berger

This study identifies histone-based chromatin regulation components in Asgard archaea, suggesting these features predate eukaryogenesis.

DOI 10.64898/2026.07.02.735847

Arabidopsisproteomics

BiophysicsMolecular CellPeer-reviewedOct 28, 2025

Cryo-EM reveals open and closed Asgard chromatin assemblies

Harsh M. Ranawat, Marc K M Cajili, Natalia Lopez‐Barbosa…·Svetlana Dodonova

This study presents the first cryo-EM structures of Asgard chromatin assemblies, revealing closed and open hypernucleosome conformations and their evolutionary implications.

11 citations

cryo-EMexperimental assay