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Ilona Christy Unarta

Los Alamos National LaboratoryORCID 0000-0002-5014-0234Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:Hi-C· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Alexis Johnson· 1 shared Amit SharmaiD· 1 shared Bin ZhangiD· 1 shared Carrie SaundersiD· 1 shared Devansh Fulmali· 1 shared Helena Laukaitis· 1 shared Hung DoiD· 1 shared Katarzyna JanowskaiD· 1 shared

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Sequential HIV-1 fusion protein gates control the initiation of host cell entry

Hung Do, Muralikrishna Lella, Devansh Fulmali, Niva Rajpara, Ilona Christy Unarta, Alexis Johnson, Katarzyna Janowska, Helena Laukaitis, Carrie Saunders, R.J. Edwards, Priyamvada Acharya, Amit Sharma, Sandrasegaram Gnanakaran, Rory C. Henderson

This study identifies two sequential conformational gates in HIV-1 Env that control fusion peptide release and host cell entry initiation.

bioRxiv · Aug 7, 2026 · PreprintMolecular Biology

Nucleosome condensate and linker DNA alter chromatin folding pathways and rates

Yunrui Qiu, Shuming Liu, Xingcheng Lin, Ilona Christy Unarta, Xuhui Huang, Bin Zhang

This study maps chromatin folding pathways and rates using a coarse-grained model, showing that linker DNA length and nucleosome condensate affect stability and structure.

Biophysical Journal · Nov 28, 2025Peer-reviewedBiophysics