Centrosomes are autocatalytic droplets of pericentriolar material organized by centrioles

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 26, 2014, Pages

  Zwicker, David ^a   Decker, Markus ^b   Jaensch, Steffen ^b   Hyman, Anthony A ^b   Jülicher, Frank ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CATALYSIS; CELL VOLUME; CENTRIOLE; CENTROSOME; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PERICENTRIOLAR REGION; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CATALYSIS; CENTRIOLES; CENTROSOME; DIFFUSION; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84903710066     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1404855111     Document Type: Article

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