Quantum information processing in the wall of cytoskeletal microtubules

Journal of Biological Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 413-420

  Shi, Chunhua ^a   Qiu, Xijun ^a   Wu, Tongcheng ^a   Li, Ruxin ^b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

"lattice" site; 2 D pseudo spin; Information processing; MT; Tubulin dimer; Two state

Indexed keywords

DIMER;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROTUBULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846582820     PISSN: 00920606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10867-006-9025-9     Document Type: Article

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