Polymer physics of intracellular phase transitions

Nature Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 899-904

  Brangwynne, Clifford P ^a   Tompa, Peter ^b,c   Pappu, Rohit V ^d  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUIDS; PROTEINS;

BIOLOGICAL REACTION; INTRACELLULAR COMPARTMENTS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; INTRACELLULAR ORGANELLE; LIQUID-LIQUID PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMER PHYSICS; PROTEIN SEQUENCES; SPATIOTEMPORAL CONTROL;

PHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 84946554664     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys3532     Document Type: Article

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