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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2020

Liquid-liquid phase separation promotes animal desiccation tolerance.

Clinton Belott, Brett Janis, Michael A Menze

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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46citing papers in PubMed
16.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 85 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Fibril Structure of Desiccation-Protective Tardigrade Protein CAHS-8.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
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  4. Principles Underlying Cryopreservation and Freeze-Drying of Cells.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026
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  9. Biomolecular condensates-Prerequisites for anhydrobiosis?Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2025
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  13. Crowding in Anhydrobiosis.Sub-cellular biochemistry · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Clinton BelottDepartment of Biology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292.ORCID 0000-0002-8641-1868
Brett JanisDepartment of Biology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292.
Michael A MenzeDepartment of Biology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292 michael.menze@louisville.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-1072-5462
University of Louisville · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Proteinaceous liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) occurs when a polypeptide coalesces into a dense phase to form a liquid droplet (i.e., condensate) in aqueous solution. In vivo, functional protein-based condensates are often referred to as membraneless organelles (MLOs), which have roles in cellular processes ranging from stress responses to regulation of gene expression. Late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins containing seed maturation protein domains (SMP; PF04927) have been linked to storage tolerance of orthodox seeds. The mechanism by which anhydrobiotic longevity is improved is unknown. Interestingly, the brine shrimp

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Adaptation, PhysiologicalAnimalsArtemiaArthropod ProteinsCell LineCloning, MolecularComputational BiologyCytoplasmDehydrationDesiccationDrosophila melanogasterEmbryonic DevelopmentEmbryo, NonmammalianExtremophilesMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningOrganellesArthropod ProteinsRecombinant Proteinscryptobiosislate embryogenesis abundantliquid-liquid phase separationmembraneless organellewater stress

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PMID33077592
PMCPMC7959570
OpenAlexW3093288464

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