Multicompartmental coacervate-based protocell by spontaneous droplet evaporation

Abstract Hierarchical compartmentalization, a hallmark of both primitive and modern cells, enables the concentration and isolation of biomolecules, and facilitates spatial organization of biochemical reactions. Coacervate-based compartments can sequester and recruit a large variety of molecules, mak...

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Main Authors: Cheng Qi, Xudong Ma, Qi Zeng, Zhangwei Huang, Shanshan Zhang, Xiaokang Deng, Tiantian Kong, Zhou Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45411-y