Connecting the dots: The effects of macromolecular crowding on cell physiology

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2761-2766

  Mourão, Márcio A ^a   Hakim, Joe B ^b,c   Schnell, Santiago ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN AGGREGATE;

ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOPLASM; PROTEIN AGGREGATES;

EID: 84920192101     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.10.051     Document Type: Review

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