The nuclear pore complex mystery and anomalous diffusion in reversible gels

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 3079-3087

  Bickel, Thomas ^a   Bruinsma, Robijn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; DIFFUSION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FLOW KINETICS; GEL; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX;

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EID: 0036924053     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(02)75312-5     Document Type: Article

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