Consequences of Phase Separation in Cytoplasm

International Review of Cytology

Volumn 192, Issue , 1999, Pages 331-343

  Walter, Harry ^a  

^a Aqueous Phase Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqueous phase separation; Aqueous phase systems; Cytoplasm; Macromolecular crowding; Microcompartmentation; Partitioning

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CELL ENZYME; CELL PROTEIN;

CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL ORGANELLE; CYTOPLASM; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; LIGAND BINDING; LIQUID; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PHASE SEPARATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0033991054     PISSN: 00747696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)60533-1     Document Type: Article

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