20 December 2024
P-Body BPoD
Membrane-less compartments within cells known as condensates contain concentrated molecules, and interact but are discrete from each other by virtue of phase-separation. Condensates are emerging as important regulators of cellular biochemistry. This study of condensates using live and super resolution imaging in fruit fly egg production, divulges the formation of a distinct kind of (processing) P-body condensate associated with the membrane of the protein transporting and folding organelle, the endoplasmic reticulum
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Image captured with Leica Microsystems microscopy
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