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Brownian Motion: A Theoretical Explanation for the Movement of Vesicles across the Endothelium

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SHEA, S., KARNOVSKY, M. Brownian Motion: A Theoretical Explanation for the Movement of Vesicles across the Endothelium. Nature 212, 353–355 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/212353a0

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