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ReviewNature biotechnology2019

Probing and engineering liquid-phase organelles.

Dan Bracha, Mackenzie T Walls, Clifford P Brangwynne

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Review in Nature biotechnology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 147 papers.

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147citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

147 citing papers in PubMed.

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87 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Dan Bracha *Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Mackenzie T Walls *Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1857-987X
Clifford P BrangwynneDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA. cbrangwy@princeton.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/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 compartmentalize their intracellular environment to orchestrate countless simultaneous biochemical processes. Many intracellular tasks rely on membrane-less organelles, multicomponent condensates that assemble by liquid-liquid phase separation. A decade of intensive research has provided a basic understanding of the biomolecular driving forces underlying the form and function of such organelles. Here we review the technologies enabling these developments, along with approaches to designing spatiotemporally actuated organelles based on multivalent low-affinity interactions. With these recent advances, it is now becoming possible both to modulate the properties of native condensates and to engineer entirely new structures, with the potential for widespread biomedical and biotechnological applications.

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BiotechnologyCell BiologyCell EngineeringOrganellesAnimalsHumans

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