Biological complexity, quantum coherent states and the problem of efficient transmission of information inside a cell

BioSystems

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 190-198

  Melkikh, Alexey V ^a  

^a URAL FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Information channel; Intracellular calculations; Protein conformations; Quantum coherent states

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CYTOLOGY; PROTEIN; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELL ASSAY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84875278759     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: 18728324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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