ENDOGENOUS ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCES IN LIVING CELLS: IMPLICATIONS FOR TRANSFER OF REACTION COMPONENTS
Author: Jiří Pokorný
Affiliation:
Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Chaberská 57, 182 51, Prague 8, Czech Republic Read More: http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1081/JBC-100103160
Conference/Journal: Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine
Date published: 2001
Other:
Volume ID: 20 , Issue ID: 1 , Pages: 59-73 , Word Count: 87
The mechanisms of order in living cells and in particular of the space–time order of chemical reactions are largely unknown. Directed transport of components to a reaction region cannot be explained by Brownian motion, which is disordered and increases entropy of the system. Besides transport by the motor proteins along microtubules, the endogenous electromagnetic field can provide translation motion of reaction components. This forced translation motion can have a high degree of certainty to reach the target region.
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