Expanding to fill the gap: a possible role for inert biopolymers in regulating the extent of the 'macromolecular crowding' effect.

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Published in FEBS Lett on April 21, 2006

Authors

Damien Hall1, Christopher M Dobson

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1: Chemistry Department, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB21EW, United Kingdom. drh32@cam.ac.uk

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