Quantum biology at the cellular level-Elements of the research program

BioSystems

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-30

  Bordonaro, Michael ^a   Ogryzko, Vasily ^b  

^a Geisinger Health Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UMR 8126   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptive mutation; Apoptosis; Cellular decision making; Decoherence; Density operator; Eigenstate; Nano biology; Schroedinger's cat; Synthetic biology; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; DECISION MAKING; EIGENVALUE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FELID; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RESEARCH PROGRAM;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PROPHAGE; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84875769172     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: 18728324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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