Figure 7.

Two equilibrium configurations of a single polymer chain (blue) displaying the coexistence of a dense and a dilute phase, with persistence length $l_p=1$ (A) and $l_p=20$ (B) interacting with proteins (red). For small bending rigidity, the structure of the dense phase is globular whereas it is cylindrical in the other case. We performed simulations with $P=10$ spheres (see Materials and Methods). To see this figure in color, go online.