Extended Data Fig. 2: TPX2 on the microtubule can appear uniform when imaged via optical microscopy. | Nature Physics

Extended Data Fig. 2: TPX2 on the microtubule can appear uniform when imaged via optical microscopy.

From: A hydrodynamic instability drives protein droplet formation on microtubules to nucleate branches

Extended Data Fig. 2

a, TIRF microscopy time lapses showing that a 0.1 μM TPX2 coating does not break up into visible droplets like the 1 μM TPX2 coating does. b, Branching microtuble nucleation visualized by TIRF microscopy in X. laevis meiotic cytosol at 0.1 μM TPX2, indicating that branching can occur from diffraction limited droplets.

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