Megha Patro
@meghap.bsky.social
Scientist working with Halophiles
Archaea.bio
Archaea.bio
Reposted by Megha Patro
We’ve uncovered Asgard chromatin structures formed by a Hodarchaeal histone : closed hypernucleosome conserved in archaea and an open form resembling the H3-H4 eukaryotic octasome. Fantastic work by @harshranawat.bsky.social!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#Chromatin #Asgard #Archaea #cryoEM
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#Chromatin #Asgard #Archaea #cryoEM
May 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
We’ve uncovered Asgard chromatin structures formed by a Hodarchaeal histone : closed hypernucleosome conserved in archaea and an open form resembling the H3-H4 eukaryotic octasome. Fantastic work by @harshranawat.bsky.social!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#Chromatin #Asgard #Archaea #cryoEM
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#Chromatin #Asgard #Archaea #cryoEM
Reposted by Megha Patro
@meghap.bsky.social showed that MinD2 in H. volcanii modulates cell shape and the localization of the archaellum at the cell poles. Read about it here:
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic...
Frontiers | MinD2 modulates cell shape and motility in the archaeon Haloferax volcanii
In bacteria and archaea, proteins of the ParA/MinD family of ATPases regulate the spatiotemporal organization of various cellular cargoes, including cell div...
www.frontiersin.org
November 19, 2024 at 10:22 AM
@meghap.bsky.social showed that MinD2 in H. volcanii modulates cell shape and the localization of the archaellum at the cell poles. Read about it here:
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic...