Is the cell a gel - And why does it matter?

Japanese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 649-660

  Pollack, Gerald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell; Cooperativity; Movement; Phase transition; Polymer gel; Structured water

Indexed keywords

ICE; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CYTOPLASM; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; GELS;

EID: 0035726161     PISSN: 0021521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/jjphysiol.51.649     Document Type: Review

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