Crowding-induced organization in cells: Spontaneous alignment and sorting of filaments with physiological control points

Journal of Molecular Recognition

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 376-381

  Herzfeld, Judith ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Entropy driven; Excluded volume; Macromolecular crowding; Order; Persistent flexibility; Polydispersity; Protein filaments; Scaled particle theory; Soft repulsions

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOSKELETON; ENTROPY; HUMAN; MACROMOLECULE; METABOLISM; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETON; ENTROPY; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 4544297320     PISSN: 09523499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmr.703     Document Type: Conference Paper

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