Large-scale quantum effects in biological systems

International Journal of Quantum Chemistry

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1116-1130

  Mesquita, Marcus V ^a   Vasconcellos, Áurea R ^a   Luzzi, Roberto ^a   Mascarenhas, Sergio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioenergetics; Coherent effects; Irreversible thermodynamics; Nonequilibrium statistics; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GAS CONDENSATES; INFORMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLITONS; THERMODYNAMICS;

BIOENERGETICS; COHERENT EFFECTS; IRREVERSIBLE THERMODYNAMICS; NONEQUILIBRIUM STATISTICS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 17744367468     PISSN: 00207608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qua.20424     Document Type: Article

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