Phase separation in biology; Functional organization of a higher order Short linear motifs - The unexplored frontier of the eukaryotic proteome

Cell Communication and Signaling

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Mitrea, Diana M ^a   Kriwacki, Richard W ^a,b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Membrane less organelles; Multivalency; Phase separation; RNA metabolism; Stress response

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; POLYMER; PROTEIN P53; RNA POLYMERASE II; PROTEIN; RNA;

CELL GRANULE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; COILED BODY; CYTOSOL; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERM GRANULE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MEMBRANE BINDING; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR SPECKLE; NUCLEOLUS; P BODY; PARASPECKLE; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW; RNA METABOLISM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ANIMAL; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; METABOLISM; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; PHASE TRANSITION; PROTEINS; RNA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84958110779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1478811X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12964-015-0125-7     Document Type: Review

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