Image of the Day: Crowded Cytoplasm

A molecular model of the inside of an Escherichia coli cell, which is tightly packed with proteins and other macromolecules.

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Mar 20, 2013 | 1 min read

Flickr, Adrian H Elcock (University of Iowa), PLoS Computational Biology, dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000694

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