18 April 2024
Inside Droplets
Phase separation – two distinct phases separating from a mixture, as vinegar and oil will from an undisturbed salad dressing – into droplets plays a role in the biochemical dynamics and signals within cells. This study uses computer modelling to understand the interaction of networks of the cell's structural protein actin with droplets of the actin binding protein VASP influences cytoskeletal architecture
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- Image from work by Aravind Chandrasekaran and colleagues
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Image originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- Published in Nature Communications, April 2024
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