Linking physiological mechanisms of coherent cellular behaviour with more general physical approaches towards the coherence of life

IUBMB Life

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 642-646

  Jaeken, Laurent ^a  

^a Karel de Grote Hogeschool Katholieke Hogeschool Antwerpen   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Association induction hypothesis; Bose condensation; Coherence; Cytoskeleton; Davydov soliton; Fr hlich wave; Gel sol transition

Indexed keywords

MATRIX PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TRANSPORT; CELL VOLUME; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICS; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

CELL PHYSIOLOGY; LIFE; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

POLLACHIUS POLLACHIUS;

EID: 33750620341     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15216540601001699     Document Type: Article

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