Self-assembly can help cells make decisions: see Sam's awesome work!
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Our paper is finally published in Phys Rev Research!
doi.org/10.1103/cnfz...
Can cells make decisions using equilibrium physical principles, without resorting to irreversible, energy-consuming signaling cascades? We say yes, with the help of self-assembling membrane proteins!
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Even all the way in Baltimore, if you aren't watching the game, you still find out the Knicks won by people screaming in the street.
Just checked and Firefox still suggests that I might mean "clarinet-mediated endometriosis" whenever I type "clathrin-mediated endocytosis"
Sam Foley
Margaret Johnson
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Our paper is finally published in Phys Rev Research!
doi.org/10.1103/cnfz...
Can cells make decisions using equilibrium physical principles, without resorting to irreversible, energy-consuming signaling cascades? We say yes, with the help of self-assembling membrane proteins!
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Sam Foley
Sam Foley
Sam Foley
It is outrageous that word still does not recognize the word “clathrin”