Liquid–liquid phase separation drives cellular function and dysfunction in cancer

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  2022

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  Nature Reviews. Cancer

• Publication date

  2022-02-11

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  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1038/s41568-022-00444-7PMID 35149762PMCID PMC10036213
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