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24 November 2010 Electric oscillations generated by collective vibration modes of microtubule
Michal Cifra, Daniel Havelka, Ondrej Kucera
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Proceedings Volume 7376, Laser Applications in Life Sciences; 73760N (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.870929
Event: Laser Applications in Life Sciences 2010, 2010, Oulu, Finland
Abstract
Microtubules are important organizing structures of eukaroytic cells. They are electrically polar and have collective vibration modes from kHz to low THz region. In approximation of microtubule subunits (tubulin molecules) as rigid particles, we calculate electric field generated by optical branch of axial longitudinal vibration modes of microtubule. This oscillatory electric field, due to its complex spatial distribution, may play an important role in cellular temporal and spatial organization.
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Michal Cifra, Daniel Havelka, and Ondrej Kucera "Electric oscillations generated by collective vibration modes of microtubule", Proc. SPIE 7376, Laser Applications in Life Sciences, 73760N (24 November 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.870929
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KEYWORDS
Particles

Francium

Molecules

Electromagnetism

Water

Interfaces

Terahertz radiation

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