A mean field Ising model for cortical rotation in amphibian one-cell stage embryos

BioSystems

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 381-389

  Tuszynski, Jack A ^a,b   Gordon, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Cortical rotation; Embryogenesis; Hairy ball model; Ising model; Left right asymmetry; Microtubules

Indexed keywords

COUNTERION; HETERODIMER; TUBULIN;

AMPHIBIAN; EMBRYO; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMER; POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CORTICAL ROTATION; EMBRYO; ISING MODEL; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CORTEX; PHASE TRANSITION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 84865282186     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: 18728324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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