Macromolecular crowding: biochemical, biophysical, and physiological consequences.
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CONTENTS PERSPECTIVES AND OVERVIEW ........................................................................................ 28 Nomenclature ........................................................................................................... 30 THEORETICAL CONCEPTS ............................................................................................... 31 The Effect of Macromolecular C owdin9 on Solution Equilibria ............................... 31 The Effect of Macromolecular C owdin# on Reaction Rates ..................................... 36 The Effect of Macromolecular Crowding on Diffusive Transport of Solutes .............. 37 The Effective Specific Volume of a Macromolecule--What Is It? ............................. 40
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Annual review of biophysics and biomolecular structure
دوره 22 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1993