The state of water in living systems: From the liquid to the jellyfish

Cellular and Molecular Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 677-702

  Henry, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

A.V. Hill; Alchemy; Creation myths; Diffusion; E.T. Jaynes; Etymology; Fick's law; Jellyfish; Life; Muscle efficiency; Mythology; Ouroboros; Probabilities; R.A. Gortner; Religion; Thermodynamics; Water; Water clusters

Indexed keywords

WATER;

MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; PHILOSOPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; ENTROPY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LIFE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYTHOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; SCIENCE; SCYPHOZOA; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 29144516625     PISSN: 01455680     EISSN: 1165158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1170/T678     Document Type: Review

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