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Vibrations of microtubules: Physics that has not met biology yet
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SYSNO ASEP 0484856 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Vibrations of microtubules: Physics that has not met biology yet Author(s) Kučera, Ondřej (URE-Y) RID
Havelka, Daniel (URE-Y) RID
Cifra, Michal (URE-Y) RID, ORCID, SAINumber of authors 3 Source Title Wave Motion. - : Elsevier - ISSN 0165-2125
Roč. 72, 1 July (2017), s. 13-22Number of pages 10 s. Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country NL - Netherlands Keywords Models ; Vibrations ; Microtubules Subject RIV BO - Biophysics OECD category Biophysics R&D Projects GA15-17102S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) Institutional support URE-Y - RVO:67985882 UT WOS 000403127600003 EID SCOPUS 85008195139 DOI 10.1016/j.wavemoti.2016.12.006 Annotation 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 Workplace Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics Contact Petr Vacek, vacek@ufe.cz, Tel.: 266 773 413, 266 773 438, 266 773 488 Year of Publishing 2018
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