The pericentriolar material (PCM), the microtubule-organizing component of the centrosome, contains a multitude of proteins and is commonly described as an amorphous cloud surrounding the centrioles. However, the days of the PCM as an unstructured matrix are numbered. Using super-resolution microscopy, several reports have now revealed remarkable domain organization within the PCM.
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Lüders, J. The amorphous pericentriolar cloud takes shape. Nat Cell Biol 14, 1126–1128 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb2617
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