Chin. Phys. Lett.  2009, Vol. 26 Issue (7): 073101    DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/26/7/073101
ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS |
Microtubule as a Transmission Line for Ionic Currents
ILIC D. I., SATARIC M. V., RALEVIC N.
Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg D. Obradovica 6, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
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ILIC D. I., SATARIC M. V., RALEVIC N. 2009 Chin. Phys. Lett. 26 073101
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Abstract We establish a new model for ionic waves along microtubules based on polyelectrolyte features of cylindrical biopolymers. The nonlinear transmission line described by a nonlinear differential equation is obtained with stable kink solution pertinent to the shape of the front of accompanying potential. The localized ionic wave could be used to explain the behavior of microtubules as biomolecular transistors capable of amplifying electrical information in neurons.
Keywords: 31.15.Qg      87.14.-g     
Received: 16 February 2009      Published: 02 July 2009
PACS:  31.15.Qg  
  87.14.-g (Biomolecules: types)  
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