The Boltzmann equation in molecular biology

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 99, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 87-93

  Dubois, Jean Marc ^a   Ouanounou, Gilles ^a   Rouzaire Dubois, Béatrice ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE NEUROBIOLOGIE CELLULAIRE ET MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Cancer cells; Cell proliferation; Ion channels; Macromolecular crowding

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949089522     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2009.07.001     Document Type: Review

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