Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

Spatially non-uniform condensates emerge from dynamically arrested phase separation

  • Nadia A. Erkamp,
  • Tomas Sneideris,
  • Hannes Ausserwöger,
  • Daoyuan Qian,
  • Seema Qamar,
  • Jonathon Nixon-Abell,
  • Peter St George-Hyslop,
  • Jeremy D. Schmit,
  • David A. Weitz,
  • Tuomas P. J. Knowles

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36059-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Biomolecular condensates with internal structure allow cells to further organise their processes. In this work the authors investigate how condensates can obtain an internal structure with droplets of dilute phase inside via kinetic, rather than purely thermodynamic driving forces.