Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2076345 | Biosystems | 2012 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
Spontaneous mechanical oscillations were predicted and experimentally proven on almost every level of cellular structure. Besides morphogenetic potential of oscillatory mechanical force, oscillations may drive vibrations of electrically polar structures or these structures themselves may oscillate on their own natural frequencies. Vibrations of electric charge will generate oscillating electric field, role of which in morphogenesis is discussed in this paper. This idea is demonstrated in silico on the conformation of two growing microtubules.
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Authors
Ondřej Kučera, Daniel Havelka,