Are aberrant phase transitions a driver of cellular aging?

BioEssays

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 959-968

  Alberti, Simon ^a   Hyman, Anthony A ^a  

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

Author keywords

aging; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; chaperone; intrinsically disordered protein; mitochondria; neurodegeneration; phase separation; protein aggregation; protein quality control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CELL AGING; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL ENERGY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYTOPLASM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIFFUSION; NONHUMAN; PH; PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL MODEL;

EID: 84988447127     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201600042     Document Type: Article

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