The Cell as a Collection of Protein Machines: Preparing the Next Generation of Molecular Biologists
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Living forms exhibit structures and functions that can best be understood as nano-level engineering.
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- Authors
- Alberts, B.
- Affiliations
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Corresponding author
- Alberts, Bruce
- ORCID
- Alberts, Bruce
- Venue
- Cell
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1998-02
- Volume
- 92
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 291-294
- ISSN
- 0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2076710572
- Cited by
- 1,411
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 27 · 2025: 45 · 2024: 79 · 2023: 46 · 2022: 53 · 2021: 62 · 2020: 41 · 2019: 47 · 2018: 50 · 2017: 55 · 2016: 57 · 2015: 43 · 2014: 42 · 2013: 70 · 2012: 62
- FWCI
- 11.18
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Cell (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Structure and Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Philosophy and History of Science
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Keywords
- molecular machines, intracellular diffusion, molecular collisions, enzyme kinetics, protein dynamics, molecular biology education
- MeSH terms
- Cells, Molecular Biology, Proteins, Macromolecular Substances
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