Biological sensing of small field differences by magnetically sensitive chemical reactions

Nature

Volumn 405, Issue 6787, 2000, Pages 707-709

  Weaver, James C ^a   Vaughan, Timothy E ^a   Astumlan, R Dean ^b  

^a HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETITE; RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MODEL; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR;

ANIMALS; MAGNETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SENSATION; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034621864     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35015128     Document Type: Article

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