Quantification of surface tension effects and nucleation-and-growth rates during self-assembly of biological condensates
Z. Sarkany, F. Rocha, A. Bratek-Skicki, P. Tompa, S. Macedo-Ribeiro, P. M. Martins
The paper derives a kinetic solution to predict biological condensate formation by considering surface tension and nucleation-growth rates, showing large condensates can form without size control mechanisms.
bioRxiv · Nov 23, 2022Biophysics