Computer simulations of the bacterial cytoplasm

Biophysical Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 109-119

  Frembgen Kesner, Tamara ^a   Elcock, Adrian H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial cytoplasm; Computer simulation; Energetic interactions; Hydrodynamic interactions; Macromolecular crowding

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84877079511     PISSN: 18672450     EISSN: 18672469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12551-013-0110-6     Document Type: Review

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