Quantum mechanics in the present progressive mode and its significance in biological information processing

BioSystems

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 229-237

  Matsuno, Koichiro ^a   Paton, Ray C ^b  

^a NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actomyosin; Exchange interaction; Internal measurement; Memory; Neurotransmitter

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTUM THEORY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTOMYOSIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; QUANTUM THEORY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033093353     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-2647(98)00086-0     Document Type: Article

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