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Stephanie C Weber1, Clifford P Brangwynne.
Abstract
Nonmembrane-bound organelles such as RNA granules behave like dynamic droplets, but the molecular details of their assembly are poorly understood. Several recent papers identify structural features that drive granule assembly, shedding light on how phase transitions functionally organize the cell and may lead to pathological protein aggregation.Mesh:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22682242 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2012.05.022
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell ISSN: 0092-8674 Impact factor: 41.582