An investigation of the plausibility of stochastic resonance in tubulin dimers

BioSystems

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 81-87

  Saha, Aditya A ^a   Craddock, Travis J A ^a   Tuszynski, Jack A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Stochastic resonance; Tubulin dimers

Indexed keywords

DIMER; TUBULIN;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRON; PROTEIN; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; STOCHASTICITY;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON; MICROTUBULE; OSCILLATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STOCHASTIC MODEL; STOCHASTIC RESONANCE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84856085594     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: 18728324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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