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Caught by a cytoskeletal web

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Biomolecular condensates grow in busy cellular environments. Statistical image analysis of heterogeneous structures now enables quantification of macromolecular interactions between condensates and cytoskeletal filaments.

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Fig. 1: Microscopic averaging of irregular shaped structures in the cell allows for quantification of spatial correlations between organelles.

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  1. Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG), Dresden, Germany

    Tina Wiegand & Arjun Narayanan

  2. Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPI-PKS), Dresden, Germany

    Tina Wiegand & Arjun Narayanan

  3. Center for Systems Biology Dresden (CSBD), Dresden, Germany

    Tina Wiegand & Arjun Narayanan

  4. Biotechnology Center, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany

    Arjun Narayanan

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Wiegand, T., Narayanan, A. Caught by a cytoskeletal web. Nat. Phys. 18, 483–484 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-022-01596-x

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