How can biochemical reactions within cells differ from those in test tubes?

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 119, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 2863-2869

  Minton, Allen P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Macromolecular adsorption; Macromolecular confinement; Macromolecular crowding; Protein associations; Protein folding; Protein stability

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL VOLUME; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; EUKARYOTE; EXPERIMENTATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; THEORY;

ANIMALS; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; CELLS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33746813983     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.03063     Document Type: Article

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