Some quantum weirdness in physiology

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 41, 2009, Pages 17247-17248

  Wolynes, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BOND; CHLOROBI; CHROMATOPHORE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTON TRANSPORT; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ANIMALS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHLOROBI; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTUM THEORY; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 70350443620     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0909421106     Document Type: Note

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