Biomolecular condensates

Phase transitions in the assembly of multivalent signalling proteins

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Multivalent protein interactions produced phase transitions and liquid droplets, linking molecular interactions to cellular organization.

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    Multivalent protein interactions produced phase transitions and liquid droplets, linking molecular interactions to cellular organization.

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Pilong Li, Sudeep Banjade, Hui-Chun Cheng, Soyeon Kim, Baoyu Chen, Liang Guo, Marc Llaguno, Javoris V. Hollingsworth, David S. King, Salman F. Banani, Paul S. Russo, Qiu-Xing Jiang, and 2 more

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B. Tracy Nixon, Michael K. Rosen