A nonlinear cable-like model of amplified ionic wave propagation along microtubules
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The properties of ionic waves propagating along a microtubule in solution are analyzed in this paper. We derive the constitutive equations in the continuum limit, obtain appropriate parameter values from the tubulin structural data and solve numerically these equations finding their dependence on the range of parameter values. Possible biophysical implications of the results that may arise from the model are discussed.
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Experiment and theory demonstrate that ionic waves are amplified along MTs.
“Experiment and theory demonstrate that ionic waves are amplified along MTs [72,73].”
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- Authors
- Priel, A., & Tuszyński, J. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Alberta (CA)
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- EPL (Europhysics Letters)
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- IOP Publishing
- Published
- 2008-09
- Volume
- 83
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 68004
- ISSN
- 0295-5075 (ISSN-L)
- 1286-4854
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- W2108798512
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- 45
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- 12
- Citations by year
- 2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2014: 3 · 2012: 2
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- 6.02
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Europhysics Letters (EPL) (publishedVersion)
- Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Nonlinear Waves and Solitons
- Keywords
- microtubules, cable model, nonlinear wave propagation, tubulin, constitutive equations, continuum limit, ion transport, biophysics
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