Unified function of FACT in mammalian chromatin replication and transcription, dissolving and restoring nucleosomes to counteract genome aggregation
R. Frater, Rikke Rejnholdt Jensen, Joaquim Ollé-López, Valentin Flury, Jeroen van den Berg, Anton Lunow Bournonville, Nicolás Alcaraz, Simai Wang, Hannah J. Richter, Marty G. Yang, Qian Du, Alexander van Oudenaarden, Vijay Ramani, Nils Krietenstein, Anja Groth
This study shows that FACT is essential for chromatin replication and transcription by disrupting and reassembling nucleosomes, preventing genome aggregation.
bioRxiv · Feb 26, 2026 · PreprintMolecular Biology