Endogenous electric field and organization of living matter

Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 185-197

  Pokorny J ^a   Hasek J ^b   Jelinek F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHOTONICS AND ELECTRONICS   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields in biological systems; Excitation of coherent states; Microtubules

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 30344469342     PISSN: 15368378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15368370500379566     Document Type: Conference Paper

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