Measuring the flow of molecules in cells

Biophysical Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 119-129

  Hinde, Elizabeth ^a   Cardarelli, Francesco ^a,b  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION NEST   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intracellular transport; Molecular flow; Pair correlation function; Spatial correlation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856708802     PISSN: 18672450     EISSN: 18672469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12551-011-0051-x     Document Type: Review

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