Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

Microphase separation of living cells

  • A. Carrère,
  • J. d’Alessandro,
  • O. Cochet-Escartin,
  • J. Hesnard,
  • N. Ghazi,
  • C. Rivière,
  • C. Anjard,
  • F. Detcheverry,
  • J.-P. Rieu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36395-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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In this work the authors report a quasi two-dimensional population of living cells that can spontaneously self-assemble into finite-sized domains, an analogue of the microphase separation known in inert matter.