Polymer science and biology: structure and dynamics at multiple scales.
I give a brief, biased survey of some recent problems in molecular and cell biology from the perspective of physical science, with a few answers, but a great many questions, challenges and opportunities.
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School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, 29 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. lm@seas.harvard.edu
D000818:Animals; D001704:Biopolymers / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002465:Cell Movement; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans
D001704:Biopolymers