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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025

Internal Phase Separation in Synthetic DNA Condensates.

Diana A Tanase, Dino Osmanović, Roger Rubio-Sánchez, Layla Malouf, Elisa Franco, Lorenzo Di Michele

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Internal Phase Separation in Synthetic DNA Condensates.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Diana A TanaseDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0AS, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9660-6730
Dino OsmanovićDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
Roger Rubio-SánchezDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0AS, UK.
Layla MaloufDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0AS, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5358-3306
Elisa FrancoDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5919-1401
Lorenzo Di MicheleDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0AS, UK.

Funding

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation G-2021-16831Alfred P. Sloan Foundation G-2024-22575Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/X010228/1Directorate for Biological Sciences 2134772H2020 Excellent Science 851667Royal Society UF160152Royal Society URF\R\221009
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biomolecular condensates regulate cellular biochemistry by organizing enzymes, substrates and metabolites, and often acquire partially de-mixed states whereby distinct internal domains play functional roles. Despite their physiological relevance, questions remain about the principles underpinning the emergence of multi-phase condensates. Here, a model system of synthetic DNA nanostructures able to form monophasic or biphasic condensates is presented. Key condensate features, including the degree of interphase mixing and the relative size and spatial arrangement of domains, can be controlled by altering nanostructure stoichiometries. The modular nature of the system facilitates an intuitive understanding of phase behavior, and enables mapping of the experimental phenomenology onto a predictive Flory-Huggins model. The experimental and theoretical framework introduced is expected to help address open questions on multiphase condensation in biology and aid the design of functional biomolecular condensates in vitro, in synthetic cells, and in living cells.

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Biomolecular CondensatesDNANanostructuresPhase SeparationDNAcompartmentalizationcondensatesDNA nanotechnologyFlory‐HugginsLLPS

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