Diffusion in crowded biological environments: Applications of Brownian dynamics

BMC Biophysics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Długosz, Maciej ^a   Trylska, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

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EID: 80052887328     PISSN: 20461682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2046-1682-4-3     Document Type: Review

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