Destabilized Droplet (IMAGE)

Washington University in St. Louis

Destabilized Droplet

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Reducing the number of stickers destabilizes a droplet such that, at the same temperature as the previous simulation, this droplet sheds protein more efficiently and more proteins accumulate in the dilute phase.

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Simulations based on the PIMMS modeling package developed by Alex Holehouse and Rohit Pappu, Washington University in St. Louis

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