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Wei Tian

Howard Hughes Medical InstituteORCID 0009-0000-0711-2046Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Wei Tian1 paper · University of Illinois Chicago

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Biochemistry· 1 Biophysics· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:human· 2 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Research Focus:protein structure prediction· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1 Assay:structural biology· 1

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Karolin LugeriD· 2 shared Liqi YaoiD· 1 shared Sashi R. WeerawaranaiD· 1 shared Siyu CheniD· 1 shared Vignesh KasinathiD· 1 shared

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BiochemistrybioRxivPreprintMay 18, 2026

Structure of the human HIRA histone chaperone with a nucleosome suggests a stepwise nucleosome assembly mechanism

Wei Tian, Siyu Chen, Liqi Yao…·Karolin Luger

This study determines the structure of human HIRA with a nucleosome, revealing its active role in a stepwise nucleosome assembly mechanism.

DOI 10.64898/2026.05.17.725740

humanstructural biology

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BiophysicsbioRxivPreprintApr 27, 2026

TFAM organizes DNA into compact higher order structures

Sashi R. Weerawarana, Wei Tian, Karolin Luger

This study investigates how TFAM organizes mtDNA into compact higher order structures through biochemical and structural analysis of TFAM oligomerization on longer DNA.

DOI 10.64898/2026.04.24.720727

humanDNA methylation

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