The depletion attraction: an underappreciated force driving cellular organization

Cellular structures are shaped by hydrogen and ionic bonds, plus van der Waals and hydrophobic forces. In cells crowded with macromolecules, a little-known and distinct force—the “depletion attraction”—also acts. We review evidence that this force assists in the assembly of a wide range of cellular...

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Autores principales: Marenduzzo, Davide, Finan, Kieran, Cook, Peter R.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 2006
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Reviews
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2064666/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17145959
http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.200609066
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description Cellular structures are shaped by hydrogen and ionic bonds, plus van der Waals and hydrophobic forces. In cells crowded with macromolecules, a little-known and distinct force—the “depletion attraction”—also acts. We review evidence that this force assists in the assembly of a wide range of cellular structures, ranging from the cytoskeleton to chromatin loops and whole chromosomes.
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spelling pubmed-20646662007-11-29 The depletion attraction: an underappreciated force driving cellular organization Marenduzzo, Davide Finan, Kieran Cook, Peter R. J Cell Biol Reviews Cellular structures are shaped by hydrogen and ionic bonds, plus van der Waals and hydrophobic forces. In cells crowded with macromolecules, a little-known and distinct force—the “depletion attraction”—also acts. We review evidence that this force assists in the assembly of a wide range of cellular structures, ranging from the cytoskeleton to chromatin loops and whole chromosomes. The Rockefeller University Press 2006-12-04 /pmc/articles/PMC2064666/ /pubmed/17145959 http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.200609066 Text en Copyright © 2006, The Rockefeller University Press This article is distributed under the terms of an Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike–No Mirror Sites license for the first six months after the publication date (see http://www.rupress.org/terms). After six months it is available under a Creative Commons License (Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike 4.0 Unported license, as described at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).
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