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“The determination of the three-dimensional structures of protein molecules showed for the first time in detail the construction of the molecular ’machines’ of the life cycle. If we want to learn how these ’machines’ work it is not sufficient only to know their construction. We actually have to see them at work, and this requires dynamical studies, i.e. penetration into the dimension of time.” (Eigen, 1968).
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Heckmann, M., Pawlu, C. (2002). Fast-Drug Application. In: Walz, W., Boulton, A.A., Baker, G.B. (eds) Patch-Clamp Analysis. Neuromethods, vol 35. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-276-7:217
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