Kristopher Charles Hite

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Is there evidence to suggest mRNA can tether to chromatin through cell division?

After learning about para-mutation it struck me as a possibility that mRNA may be piggybacking via chromatin architectural proteins right through mitosis and possibly through meiosis as well. Just...

14 February 2013 6,750 0 View

What is currently the best model for the 30 nm chromatin fiber? I read about the tightly packed "solenoid", but is there experimental evidence for this model?

I'm trying to conceive a set of experiments to test the orientation of the nucleosomes relative to each other in a nucleosomal array that has assumed the 30 nm conformation. Any thoughts or...

25 January 2013 5,775 4 View

Does anyone know a method to specifically enrich nucleoli beyond isolating nuclei?

I'm trying to monitor the expression levels of a single component of a chromatin remodeling complex at work in the nucleolus of Arabidopsis. Any tricks out there for enriching this tiny organelle?...

11 January 2013 2,860 1 View

Though histone modifications are currently considered "epigenetic" is this the correct label? How many generations can they be inherited?

As far as I can tell histone modifications can only be passed down one generation and even then with inconsistency. How much more fidelity is inherent in DNA methylation and so on?

28 September 2012 9,100 43 View