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Protein Phase Separation: A New Phase in Cell Biology.

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A combination of techniques from cell biology, biophysics, physical chemistry, structural biology, and bioinformatics are starting to help establish the molecular principles of an emerging field, thus paving the way for exciting discoveries, including novel therapeutic approaches for the treatment of age-related disorders.
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This article is published in Trends in Cell Biology.The article was published on 2018-06-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1317 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Structural biology.

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Cellular quality control by the ubiquitin-proteasome system and autophagy

TL;DR: The UPS and autophagy form an interconnected quality control network where decision-making is self-organized on the basis of biophysical parameters (binding affinities, local concentrations, and avidity) and compartmentalization (through membranes, liquid-liquid phase separation, or the formation of aggregates).
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Competing Protein-RNA Interaction Networks Control Multiphase Intracellular Organization

TL;DR: Inspired by patchy colloid theory, this work proposes a general framework by which competing networks give rise to compositionally specific and tunable condensates, while relative linkage between nodes underlies multiphase organization.
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The molecular language of membraneless organelles

TL;DR: An overview of the molecular underpinnings of the formation and regulation of these membraneless organelles are provided and new light on neurodegenerative diseases is shone on.
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Mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress in neurodegenerative diseases

TL;DR: Treatments targeting basic mitochondrial processes, such as energy metabolism or free-radical generation, or specific interactions of disease-related proteins with mitochondria hold great promise in ageing-related neurodegenerative diseases.
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Thermodynamics of High Polymer Solutions

TL;DR: In this paper, a statistical treatment of high polymer solutions has been carried out on the basis of an idealized model, originally proposed by Meyer, which is analogous to the one ordinarily assumed in the derivation of the ''ideal'' solution laws for molecules of equal size.
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Abnormal phosphorylation of the microtubule-associated protein tau (tau) in Alzheimer cytoskeletal pathology

TL;DR: It is suggested that tau in Alzheimer brain is an abnormally phosphorylated protein component of PHF, the two major locations of paired-helical filaments in Alzheimer disease brain.
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