Volume 123(11); 2024 Jun 4
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New and Notable
Illuminating the interface: Protein aggregation at the condensate interface
Priyanka Dogra, Samrat Mukhopadhyay
Biophys J. 2024 Jun 4; 123(11): 1311–1313. Published online 2023 Oct 31. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2023.10.027
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PubMedTransient helices with functional roles
Junji Iwahara
Biophys J. 2024 Jun 4; 123(11): 1314–1315. Published online 2024 Feb 2. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2024.01.038
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Claudia Zielke, Josefine Eilsø Nielsen, Jennifer S. Lin, Annelise E. Barron
Biophys J. 2024 Jun 4; 123(11): 1316–1328. Published online 2023 Nov 2. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2023.10.035
Coupling liquid phases in 3D condensates and 2D membranes: Successes, challenges, and tools
Heidi M.J. Weakly, Sarah L. Keller
Biophys J. 2024 Jun 4; 123(11): 1329–1341. Published online 2023 Dec 29. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2023.12.023
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Pin Yu Chew, Jerelle A. Joseph, Rosana Collepardo-Guevara, Aleks Reinhardt
Biophys J. 2024 Jun 4; 123(11): 1342–1355. Published online 2023 Jul 5. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2023.06.024
ATP-induced cross-linking of a biomolecular condensate
Sebastian Coupe, Nikta Fakhri
Biophys J. 2024 Jun 4; 123(11): 1356–1366. Published online 2023 Jul 21. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2023.07.013
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PubMedReal-time measure of solvation free energy changes upon liquid-liquid phase separation of α-elastin
Benedikt König, Simone Pezzotti, Sashary Ramos, Gerhard Schwaab, Martina Havenith
Biophys J. 2024 Jun 4; 123(11): 1367–1375. Published online 2023 Jul 28. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2023.07.023
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PubMedCrowder titrations enable the quantification of driving forces for macromolecular phase separation
Gaurav Chauhan, Anne Bremer, Furqan Dar, Tanja Mittag, Rohit V. Pappu
Biophys J. 2024 Jun 4; 123(11): 1376–1392. Published online 2023 Sep 16. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2023.09.006
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PubMedA calibration-free model of micropipette aspiration for measuring properties of protein condensates
James V. Roggeveen, Huan Wang, Zheng Shi, Howard A. Stone
Biophys J. 2024 Jun 4; 123(11): 1393–1403. Published online 2023 Oct 2. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2023.09.018
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PubMedChang-Hyun Choi, Daniel S.W. Lee, David W. Sanders, Clifford P. Brangwynne
Biophys J. 2024 Jun 4; 123(11): 1404–1413. Published online 2023 Oct 13. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2023.10.009
Multiscale modeling reveals the ion-mediated phase separation of nucleosome core particles
Tiedong Sun, Nikolay Korolev, Vishal Minhas, Alexander Mirzoev, Alexander P. Lyubartsev, Lars Nordenskiöld
Biophys J. 2024 Jun 4; 123(11): 1414–1434. Published online 2023 Oct 31. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2023.10.030
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PubMedDifferentiating the roles of proteins and polysomes in nucleoid size homeostasis in Escherichia coli
Mu-Hung Chang, Maxim O. Lavrentovich, Jaan Männik
Biophys J. 2024 Jun 4; 123(11): 1435–1448. Published online 2023 Nov 16. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2023.11.010
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PubMedThuy P. Dao, Anitha Rajendran, Sarasi K.K. Galagedera, William Haws, Carlos A. Castañeda
Biophys J. 2024 Jun 4; 123(11): 1449–1457. Published online 2023 Nov 30. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2023.11.3401
Constrained dynamics of DNA oligonucleotides in phase-separated droplets
Anupam Singh, Shashi Thutupalli, Manoj Kumar, Sandeep Ameta
Biophys J. 2024 Jun 4; 123(11): 1458–1466. Published online 2024 Jan 2. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2023.12.025
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PubMedAnomalous coarsening of coalescing nucleoli in human cells
Giorgi Arsenadze, Christina M. Caragine, Taylor Coakley, Iraj Eshghi, Yuwei Yang, Alex Wofford, Alexandra Zidovska
Biophys J. 2024 Jun 4; 123(11): 1467–1480. Published online 2024 Jan 8. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2024.01.005
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PubMedStructure and interactions of prion-like domains in transcription factor Efg1 phase separation
Szu-Huan Wang, Tongyin Zheng, Nicolas L. Fawzi
Biophys J. 2024 Jun 4; 123(11): 1481–1493. Published online 2024 Feb 1. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2024.01.030
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PubMedLipid droplets as substrates for protein phase separation
Advika Kamatar, Jack P.K. Bravo, Feng Yuan, Liping Wang, Eileen M. Lafer, David W. Taylor, Jeanne C. Stachowiak, Sapun H. Parekh
Biophys J. 2024 Jun 4; 123(11): 1494–1507. Published online 2024 Mar 11. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2024.03.015
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PubMedPriyasha Deshpande, Emily Prentice, Alfredo Vidal Ceballos, Patrizia Casaccia, Shana Elbaum-Garfinkle
Biophys J. 2024 Jun 4; 123(11): 1508–1518. Published online 2024 Apr 24. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2024.04.020
Editorial
Emerging biophysical principles of macromolecular phase separation
Galia T. Debelouchina, Keren Lasker, Samrat Mukhopadhyay
Biophys J. 2024 Jun 4; 123(11): E1–E3. Published online 2024 May 17. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2024.05.001
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