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Self-Organization in Cells I: Active Processes

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Another fundamental question in modern cell biology is how cellular and subcellular structures are formed and maintained given their particular molecular components. How are the different shapes, sizes, and functions of cellular organelles determined, and why are specific structures formed at particular locations and stages of the life cycle of a cell? In order to address these questions it is necessary to consider the theory of self-organizing non-equilibrium systems [441].

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