A self-organized synthetic morphogenic liposome responds with shape changes to local light cues

The authors generated a Synthetic Morphogenic Membrane System by encapsulating a dynamic microtubule aster and a light-inducible signaling system driven by GTP/ATP chemical potential into cell-sized liposomes. This reconstitution of artificial proto-cells reveals how non-equilibrium phenomena affect...

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Main Authors: Konstantin Gavriljuk, Bruno Scocozza, Farid Ghasemalizadeh, Hans Seidel, Akhilesh P. Nandan, Manuel Campos-Medina, Malte Schmick, Aneta Koseska, Philippe I. H. Bastiaens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21679-2