The liquid drop nature of nucleoli

John F Marko

doi:10.4161/nucl.3.2.19099

The liquid drop nature of nucleoli

John F Marko

Molecular Biosciences

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Abstract

Nucleoli are prominent subnuclear organelles, and are known to be hubs of ribosome synthesis. A recent study of Brangwynne et al. reports that the nucleoli of Xenopus oocytes display "liquid drop" behavior, suggesting that nucleolar structure may be driven by rather simple physical principles.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Nucleus
Volume	3
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4161/nucl.3.2.19099
State	Published - Jan 1 2012

Keywords

Nuclear organelles
Nuclear structure
Nucleoli
Physical biology
Ribosome synthesis

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Cell Biology

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