Superdiffusion in a model for diffusion in a molecularly crowded environment

Journal of Biological Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 305-312

  Stauffer, Dietrich ^a   Schulze, Christian ^a   Heermann, Dieter W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anomalous diffusion; Effective exponents; Random walk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLISIONALLY ACTIVATED DISSOCIATION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORCE TRANSDUCER; IMMOBILIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 46449099393     PISSN: 00920606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10867-008-9075-2     Document Type: Article

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