Cytoplasmic organization promotes protein diffusion in Xenopus extracts

Cytoplasmic organization is a hallmark of living cells. Here, the authors make use of self-organizing cell extracts to examine how the emergence of large-scale organizations influences the microscopic diffusion of protein molecules in the cytoplasm.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: William Y. C. Huang, Xianrui Cheng, James E. Ferrell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33339-0
Description
Summary:Cytoplasmic organization is a hallmark of living cells. Here, the authors make use of self-organizing cell extracts to examine how the emergence of large-scale organizations influences the microscopic diffusion of protein molecules in the cytoplasm.
ISSN:2041-1723