scattered molecular aggregate

Collective

A scattered molecular aggregate is a material entity that consists of all the molecules of a specific type that are located in some bounded region and which is part of a more massive material entity that has parts that are other such aggregates

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Collective

A scattered molecular aggregate is a material entity that consists of all the molecules of a specific type that are located in some bounded region and which is part of a more massive material entity that has parts that are other such aggregates

Discussion in Karslruhe with, among others, Alan Rector, Stefan Schulz, Marijke Keet, Melanie Courtot, and Alan Ruttenberg. With inspiration from the paper Granularity, scale and collectivity: When size does and does not matter, Alan Recto, Jeremy Rogers, Thomas Bittner, Journal of Biomedical Informatics 39 (2006) 333-349

scattered molecular aggregate

the sodium and chloride ions in a glass of salt water

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scattered molecular aggregate

PERSON: Alan Ruttenberg

material entity

cell specimen

peptide construct

cell pellet

purified MHC molecule preparation

cell culture supernatant

phage display library

cloacal specimen

guar gum

bronchial alveolar lavage

growth environment

cell lysate

cell culture

whole organism preparation

capsule shell

nasopharyngeal aspirate specimen

chimera

nasal swab specimen

urine specimen

blood serum specimen

blood specimen

blood plasma specimen

xenograft

glucose in solution

cell line cell

device