Physical properties of biological entities: An introduction to the ontology of physics for biology

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Cook, Daniel L ^a   Bookstein, Fred L ^a,b   Gennari, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; ONTOLOGY OF PHYSICS FOR BIOLOGY; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; REFERENCE DATABASE; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS; BIOLOGY; PHYSICS;

BIOLOGY; PHYSICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84455173245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028708     Document Type: Article

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