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    Wei M-T, Chang Y-C, Shimobayashi S, Shin Y, Strom A, Brangwynne C. Nucleated transcriptional condensates amplify gene expression. Nat Cell Biol. 2020;22(10):1187–1196. PMCID: 3343696
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    Lafontaine D, Riback J, Bascetin R, Brangwynne C. The nucleolus as a multiphase liquid condensate. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2021;22(3):165–182. PMCID: 147800
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    Riback J, Zhu L, Ferrolino M, Tolbert M, Mitrea D, Sanders D, Wei M-T, Kriwacki R, Brangwynne C. Composition-dependent thermodynamics of intracellular phase separation. Nature. 2020;581(7807):209–214. PMCID: PMC7733533
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    Zhu L, Richardson T, Wacheul L, Wei M-T, Feric M, Whitney G, Lafontaine D, Brangwynne C. Controlling the material properties and rRNA processing function of the nucleolus using light. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019;116(35):17330–17335. PMCID: PMC6717270
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    Shin Y, Chang Y-C, Lee D, Berry J, Sanders D, Ronceray P, Wingreen N, Haataja M, Brangwynne C. Liquid Nuclear Condensates Mechanically Sense and Restructure the Genome. Cell. 2018;175(6):1481–1491.e13. PMCID: PMC6724728
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    Falahati H, Wieschaus E. Independent active and thermodynamic processes govern the nucleolus assembly in vivo. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017;114(6):1335–1340. PMCID: PMC5307486
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    Feric M, Vaidya N, Harmon T, Mitrea D, Zhu L, Richardson T, Kriwacki R, Pappu R, Brangwynne C. Coexisting Liquid Phases Underlie Nucleolar Subcompartments. Cell. 2016;165(7):1686–1697. PMCID: PMC5127388
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    Uppaluri S, Weber S, Brangwynne C. Hierarchical Size Scaling during Multicellular Growth and Development. Cell Rep. 2016;17(2):345–352. PMID: 27705784
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    Berry J, Weber S, Vaidya N, Haataja M, Brangwynne C. RNA transcription modulates phase transition-driven nuclear body assembly. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015;112(38):E5237–45. PMCID: PMC4586886
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    Falahati H, Pelham-Webb B, Blythe S, Wieschaus E. Nucleation by rRNA Dictates the Precision of Nucleolus Assembly. Curr Biol. 2016;26(3):277–85. PMCID: PMC5866055
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