Excitation of vibrations in microtubules in living cells

0304167 - URE-Y 20030083 IT eng A - Abstrakt
Pokorný, Jiří
Excitation of vibrations in microtubules in living cells.
Firenze: Ente, Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze, 2003. Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics. Book of Abstracts. s. 108
[International Symposium on Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics /17./. 19.06.2003-24.06.2003, Florence]
Grant CEP: GA MŠMT OC 281.001
Výzkumný záměr: CEZ:AV0Z2067918
Klíčová slova: cellular biophysics * electromagnetic fields * bioelectric phenomena
Kód oboru RIV: BO - Biofyzika

Microtubules, which are thought to be the primary organizers of the cytoskeleton, are electrical polar structures with extraordinary elastic deformability at low stress and with energy supply from hydrolysis of guanosine triphosphate /GTP/ to guanosine disphosphate /GDP/. Energy supplied from hydrolysis can excite vibrations as the viscous damping is dimished by a slip layer which is formed by an attracted ionic charge layer and by a thin surface layer of the microtubule.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0114308