Self-propagating organelle biogenesis on synthetic beads
Min Peng, Siu‐Shing Wong, B J Xiao, Lorena Blaya-Martinez, Liuyi Hu, Zhe Feng, Nada Mohamad, Mehadi Hasan, Saroj Saurya, Zsofia Anna Novak, Joao M. Monteiro, Thomas S Harrison, Chia-Chun Chang, Jordan W. Raff
The paper demonstrates that recruiting a single protein to synthetic beads can seed the self-assembly of centrosome-like particles in Drosophila embryos.
bioRxiv · Aug 28, 2026 · PreprintCell Biology