| Value |
<=2
Centipoise
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| Organism |
Unspecified |
| Reference |
Ando T, Skolnick J. Crowding and hydrodynamic interactions likely dominate in vivo macromolecular motion. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Oct 26 107(43):18457-62 p.18461 left column top paragraphPubMed ID20937902
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| Primary Source |
Luby-Phelps K. Cytoarchitecture and physical properties of cytoplasm: volume, viscosity, diffusion, intracellular surface area. Int Rev Cytol. 2000 192: 189-221. AND Ridgway D, et al., Coarse-grained molecular simulation of diffusion and reaction kinetics in a crowded virtual cytoplasm.Biophys J. 2008 May 15 94(10):3748-59 AND Verkman AS. Solute and macromolecule diffusion in cellular aqueous compartments. Trends Biochem Sci. 2002 Jan27(1):27-33.PubMed ID10553280, 18234819, 11796221
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| Comments |
"In [investigators’] simulations, the viscosity of the cytoplasm equals the value in water. The in vivo cytoplasm viscosity has been measured and is not significantly larger than bulk water, i.e., it is less than 2 centipoise (primary sources)." See BNID 102561, 103392, 101825 |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
105903 |