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Nature volume 425, pages 27–28 (2003)Cite this article

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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Figure 1: Crowded interior.

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  1. *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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