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ArticleNature communications2024

Dynamic control of DNA condensation.

Siddharth Agarwal, Dino Osmanovic, Mahdi Dizani, Melissa A Klocke, Elisa Franco

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 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

20 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Phase Separation of Nucleic Acids: Mechanisms, Properties, and Applications.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
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  8. Programmable artificial RNA condensates in mammalian cells.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  10. Internal Phase Separation in Synthetic DNA Condensates.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  11. 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

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Siddharth AgarwalMechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9972-3097
Dino OsmanovicMechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
Mahdi DizaniMechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3743-215X
Melissa A KlockeMechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
Elisa FrancoMechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA. efranco@seas.ucla.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-1103-2668

Funding

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation G-2021-16831National Science Foundation (NSF) 1938194National Science Foundation (NSF) 2134772
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Artificial biomolecular condensates are emerging as a versatile approach to organize molecular targets and reactions without the need for lipid membranes. Here we ask whether the temporal response of artificial condensates can be controlled via designed chemical reactions. We address this general question by considering a model problem in which a phase separating component participates in reactions that dynamically activate or deactivate its ability to self-attract. Through a theoretical model we illustrate the transient and equilibrium effects of reactions, linking condensate response and reaction parameters. We experimentally realize our model problem using star-shaped DNA motifs known as nanostars to generate condensates, and we take advantage of strand invasion and displacement reactions to kinetically control the capacity of nanostars to interact. We demonstrate reversible dissolution and growth of DNA condensates in the presence of specific DNA inputs, and we characterize the role of toehold domains, nanostar size, and nanostar valency. Our results will support the development of artificial biomolecular condensates that can adapt to environmental changes with prescribed temporal dynamics.

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Biomolecular CondensatesDNA PackagingDNA ReplicationGene ConversionNucleotide Motifs

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PMID38429336
PMCPMC10907372

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