All living cells are crowded with macromolecules. Crowding can directly modulate
biochemical reactions to various degrees depending on the sizes, shapes, and binding …

The Hsp70 chaperone system is a central component of cellular protein quality control
(PQC) by acting in a multitude of protein folding processes ranging from the folding of newly …

Unprecedented discoveries during the past decade have unearthed the ubiquitous
presence of biomolecular condensates (BCs) in diverse organisms and their involvement in …

Candida albicans, a prominent member of the human microbiome, can make an
opportunistic switch from commensal coexistence to pathogenicity accompanied by an …

Fungi are an important group of microorganisms that play crucial roles in a variety of
ecological and biotechnological processes. Fungi depend on intracellular protein trafficking …

The ability of the fungus Candida albicans to filament and form biofilms contributes to its
burden as a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections. Biofilm development involves an …

Liver tissue engineering holds promising in synthesizing or regenerating livers, while the
design of functional scaffold remains a challenge. Owing to the intricate simulation of …

Cryptococcus neoformans, the causative agent of cryptococcosis and a representative of the
Basidiomycota phylum of Fungi, is a valuable model for our understanding of …

Biomolecular condensates are dynamic subcellular compartments that lack surrounding
membranes and can spatiotemporally organize the cellular biochemistry of eukaryotic cells …

Homogeneous mixtures undergo phase separation to generate rich heterogeneous
structures and enable complex physiological activity and delicate design of artificial …