The crowded nucleus

International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 307, Issue , 2014, Pages 15-26

  Hancock, Ronald ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chromosomes; Depletion force; Entropic force; Macromolecular crowding; Nuclear compartments; Nuclear structure; Phase separation

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MATRIX; COLLOID; ENTROPY; HYDROGEN BOND; MACROMOLECULAR CROWDING; MACROMOLECULE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHROMOSOMES; DEPLETION FORCE; ENTROPIC FORCE; MACROMOLECULAR CROWDING; NUCLEAR COMPARTMENTS; NUCLEAR STRUCTURE; PHASE SEPARATION;

ANIMALS; BIOPOLYMERS; ENTROPY; HUMANS; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; NUCLEAR MATRIX;

EID: 84891096879     PISSN: 19376448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-800046-5.00002-3     Document Type: Chapter

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