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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

Capillary bundling of microtubules by condensates.

Bernardo Gouveia, J Pedro de Souza, Venecia Valdez, Joshua W Shaevitz, Howard A Stone, Sabine Petry

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Bernardo GouveiaDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA.
J Pedro de SouzaOmenn-Darling Bioengineering Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA.
Venecia ValdezDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA.
Joshua W ShaevitzDepartment of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA.
Howard A StoneDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA.
Sabine PetryDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8537-9763

Funding

Building the Chromosome Segregation Machinery from ScratchDP2GM123493 · NIGMS · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI PETRY, SABINE · 2016 to 2016
$2.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS DP2 GM123493
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The cytoskeleton organizes the cellular interior using cytoskeletal filaments that rely on bundling, usually executed by stable and ordered crosslinking proteins. Bundling often requires protein complexes with at least two defined microtubule binding regions, as present in many molecular motors. Here, we establish a mechanism of microtubule bundling based on capillary forces, analogous to how wet hair sticks together. We show using

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