Conditions for coherent vibrations in the cytoskeleton

Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 267-271

  Pokorný, Jiří ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHOTONICS AND ELECTRONICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Actin filaments; Biological order; Coherence; Cytoskeleton; Frohlich coherence; Microtubules

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CONDENSATION; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POLARIZATION; POLYMERS; QUANTUM THEORY;

ACTIN FILAMENTS; BIOLOGICAL ORDER; COHERENCE; COHERENT VIBRATIONS; CYTOSKELETON; FROLICH COHERENCE;

CELLS;

ACTIN FILAMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOSKELETON; ENERGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; MICROTUBULE; VIBRATION;

CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRICITY; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDES; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032909055     PISSN: 03024598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0302-4598(99)00016-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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