Intracellular viscosity: Methods of measurement and role in metabolism

Biochemistry (Moscow) Supplement Series A: Membrane and Cell Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 270-279

  Puchkov, E O ^a  

^a SKRYABIN INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

computer image analysis; cytoplasm; enzymes; EPR; fluorescence; NMR; viscosity

Indexed keywords

CELL ENZYME;

BIOACCUMULATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL MOTILITY; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL POPULATION; CELL VOLUME; ENZYME MECHANISM; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR VISCOSITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84891475741     PISSN: 19907478     EISSN: 19907494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1990747813050140     Document Type: Review

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