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Abstract
Nucleoli are prominent subnuclear organelles, and are known to be hubs of ribosome synthesis. A recent study of Brangwynne et al. reports that the nucleoli of Xenopus oocytes display "liquid drop" behavior, suggesting that nucleolar structure may be driven by rather simple physical principles.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22198683 PMCID: PMC3383563 DOI: 10.4161/nucl.19099
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nucleus ISSN: 1949-1034 Impact factor: 4.197