Cells are packed with large molecules. The ramifications of this 'crowding' for a wide range of intracellular processes are only now becoming more generally understood.
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*EMBO Workshop: Biological Implications of Macromolecular Crowding. Palacio de Magalia, Spain, 14–18 June 2003 (http://www.cib.csic.es/~revers/embo2003).
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Ellis, R., Minton, A. Join the crowd. Nature 425, 27–28 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/425027a
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