Information processing mechanisms in microtubules at physiological temperature: Model predictions for experimental tests

BioSystems

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-34

  Craddock, T J A ^a   Beauchemin, C ^b   Tuszynski, J A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cellular automata; Electron transfer; Information processing; Microtubules; Signaling

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

CELLULAR AUTOMATON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNALING;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRICITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION STORAGE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROTUBULE; PREDICTION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 67349177480     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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