Programmable viscoelasticity in protein-RNA condensates with disordered sticker-spacer polypeptides
oleh: Ibraheem Alshareedah, Mahdi Muhammad Moosa, Matthew Pham, Davit A. Potoyan, Priya R. Banerjee
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2021-11-01 |
Deskripsi
Here the authors show that disordered polypeptide-RNA condensates exhibit rheological properties similar to that of a viscoelastic Maxwell fluid, and use simple polypeptide design rules to create microcondensates with tunable viscoelasticity.