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Vibrations of microtubules: Physics that has not met biology yet

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    0484856 - ÚFE 2018 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
    Kučera, Ondřej - Havelka, Daniel - Cifra, Michal
    Vibrations of microtubules: Physics that has not met biology yet.
    Wave Motion. Roč. 72, 1 July (2017), s. 13-22. ISSN 0165-2125. E-ISSN 1878-433X
    R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GA15-17102S
    Grant - others:AV ČR(CZ) SAV-15-22
    Program: Bilaterální spolupráce
    Institutional support: RVO:67985882
    Keywords : Models * Vibrations * Microtubules
    OECD category: Biophysics
    Impact factor: 1.723, year: 2017

    There has been extensive study on the vibration dynamics and fluctuations of microtubules in the quest for understanding the relation between microtubule material properties and their ability to carry out several functions in cells. While experimental fluctuation analysis of microtubules has provided an important piece of knowledge about microtubule mechanics, models of microtubule vibrations struggle with providing experimentally testable and biologically relevant predictions. In this mini-review, we critically analyze models of microtubule vibration dynamics, mainly focusing on limitations of particular modeling approaches and their relevance to observed and hypothesized biological phenomena. We assess the possibility of coherent microtubule vibrations in vivo, which is the corner-stone of hypotheses about cellular electromagnetic activity, and we discuss experimental approaches which could resolve controversies about microtubule vibrations
    Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0279993

     
     
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