Membrane-less organelles formed by liquid–liquid phase separation provide additional cellular compartmentalization for precise spatiotemporal regulation of biological processes. Ke Ruan, Yi Lin, Peiguo Yang and Wen Zhou report on the formation, regulation and function of biomolecular condensates, discussed at the 2023 Xiangshan Science Conference on Membrane-less Organelles.
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Ruan, K., Lin, Y., Yang, P. et al. Condensation matters. Nat Chem Biol 19, 1180–1182 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41589-023-01415-1
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