کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2076536 1079452 2009 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Information processing mechanisms in microtubules at physiological temperature: Model predictions for experimental tests
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه ریاضیات مدل‌سازی و شبیه سازی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Information processing mechanisms in microtubules at physiological temperature: Model predictions for experimental tests
چکیده انگلیسی

Both direct and indirect experimental evidence has shown signaling, communication and conductivity in microtubules (MTs). Theoretical models have predicted that MTs can be potentially used for both classical and quantum information processing although controversies arose in regard to physiological temperature effects on these capabilities. In this paper, MTs have been studied using well-established principles of classical statistical physics as applied to information processing, information storage and signal propagation. To investigate the existence of information processing in MTs we used cellular automata (CA) models with neighbor rules based on the electrostatic properties of the molecular structure of tubulin, and both synchronous and asynchronous updating methods. We obtained a phase diagram of possible dynamic behaviors in MTs that depend on the values of characteristic physical parameters that can be experimentally verified.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Biosystems - Volume 97, Issue 1, July 2009, Pages 28–34
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