Electric field around microtubules

Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 239-245

  Pokorný, Jiří ^a   Jelínek, František ^a   Trkal, Viktor ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHOTONICS AND ELECTRONICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bioelectric phenomena; Condensation of energy; Electric field of microtubules; Hydrolysis of GTP; Molecular biophysics; Vibration states in microtubules

Indexed keywords

CELLS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HYDROLYSIS; MASS TRANSFER; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; POLARIZATION; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS;

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA;

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

BIOENERGY; CELL TRANSPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRIC FIELD; ENERGY TRANSFER; MICROTUBULE; THERMODYNAMICS; VIBRATION;

EID: 0032079173     PISSN: 03024598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0302-4598(98)00100-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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