Cell motility as an entangled quantum coherence

BioSystems

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-19

  Matsuno, Koichiro ^a  

^a NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin filament; Entanglement; Muscle contraction; Myosin; Quantum coherence; Sliding movement

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; CELL MOTILITY; ENERGY RESOURCE; HEAT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SHORT SURVEY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033001365     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-2647(99)00009-X     Document Type: Article

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