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ReviewJournal of cell science2019

The liquid nucleome - phase transitions in the nucleus at a glance.

Amy R Strom, Clifford P Brangwynne

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Review in Journal of cell science, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 139 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

139 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Kinetic Control of Condensate Function: How the Formation Dynamics of APBs Influence ALT Cancer Telomere Length Heterogeneity.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2026
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  7. Active processes shape and move the genome and nucleoplasm.Current opinion in genetics & development · 2026
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  18. Molecular drivers of RNA phase separation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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79 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Amy R StromDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Princeton University, Princeton NJ 08544, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1674-3242
Clifford P BrangwynneDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Princeton University, Princeton NJ 08544, USA cbrangwy@princeton.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-1350-9960

Funding

Optogenetic Droplets: Using Light to Control Nucleoplasmic Phase SeparationU01DA040601 · NIDA · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI BRANGWYNNE, CLIFFORD P · 2015 to 2019
$1.4M
NIDA NIH HHS U01 DA040601
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cells organize membrane-less internal compartments through a process called liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) to create chemically distinct compartments, referred to as condensates, which emerge from interactions among biological macromolecules. These condensates include various cytoplasmic structures such as P-granules and stress granules. However, an even wider array of condensates subcompartmentalize the cell nucleus, forming liquid-like structures that range from nucleoli and Cajal bodies to nuclear speckles and gems. Phase separation provides a biophysical assembly mechanism underlying this non-covalent form of fluid compartmentalization and functionalization. In this Cell Science at a Glance article and the accompanying poster, we term these phase-separated liquids that organize the nucleus the liquid nucleome; we discuss examples of biological phase transitions in the nucleus, how the cell utilizes biophysical aspects of phase separation to form and regulate condensates, and suggest interpretations for the role of phase separation in nuclear organization and function.

Indexed as

Cell NucleusLiquid-Liquid ExtractionChromatinNuclear organizationNucleolusPhase separation

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PMID31754043
PMCPMC6899023

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