title: The liquid drop nature of nucleoli.
abstract: Nucleoli are prominent subnuclear organelles, and are known to be hubs of ribosome synthesis. A recent study of Brangwynne et al. reports that the nucleoli of Xenopus oocytes display "liquid drop" behavior, suggesting that nucleolar structure may be driven by rather simple physical principles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biosciences and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA. john-marko@northwestern.edu
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Marko
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002466:Cell Nucleolus / Q000378:metabolism*; D009865:Oocytes / Q000166:cytology; D014982:Xenopus laevis