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. 2020 Oct 26;55(2):118-119.
doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2020.09.019.

Phase Separation as a Molecular Thermosensor

Changxuan Li  1 , Xiaofeng Fang  2
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Phase Separation as a Molecular Thermosensor

Changxuan Li et al. Dev Cell. .
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Abstract

How organisms sense temperature is a long-standing question. However, the identification of molecular thermosensors has been limited. Now, in a recent issue of Nature, Jung et al. demonstrate that phase separation of ELF3, a component of the circadian clock, acts as a thermosensor.

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