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ReviewBiophysical journal2021

Phase separation of DNA: From past to present.

John T King, Anisha Shakya

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Review in Biophysical journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

36 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Investigating Phase Separation in Genome Folding via Multiscale Computational Modeling.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  7. Recent advances in nuclear actin research.Nucleus (Austin, Tex.) · 2025
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  8. Protamine Drives Liquid and Solid Condensation of DNA and Glycosaminoglycans.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2025
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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

2 authors.

John T KingCenter for Soft and Living Matter, Institute for Basic Science, Ulsan, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: jtking@unist.ac.kr.
Anisha ShakyaCenter for Soft and Living Matter, Institute for Basic Science, Ulsan, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: shanisha@unist.ac.kr.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phase separation of biological molecules, such as nucleic acids and proteins, has garnered widespread attention across many fields in recent years. For instance, liquid-liquid phase separation has been implicated not only in membraneless intracellular organization but also in many biochemical processes, including transcription, translation, and cellular signaling. Here, we present a historical background of biological phase separation and survey current work on nuclear organization and its connection to DNA phase separation from the perspective of DNA sequence, structure, and genomic context.

Indexed as

DNAProteinsBase SequenceDNAProteins

Identifiers

PMID33582138
PMCPMC8059212

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