Toward realistic modeling of dynamic processes in cell signaling: quantification of macromolecular crowding effects.

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Published in J Chem Phys on October 21, 2007

Authors

Jian Sun1, Harel Weinstein

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Medical College, Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10021, USA.

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