Endogenous electromagnetic forces in living cells: Implications for transfer of reaction components

Authors
Citation
J. Pokorny, Endogenous electromagnetic forces in living cells: Implications for transfer of reaction components, ELEC MAGNET, 20(1), 2001, pp. 59-73
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Experimental Biology
Journal title
ELECTRO- AND MAGNETOBIOLOGY
ISSN journal
10619526 → ACNP
Volume
20
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
59 - 73
Database
ISI
SICI code
1061-9526(2001)20:1<59:EEFILC>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
The mechanisms of order in living cells and in particular of the space-time order of chemical reactions are largely unknown. Directed transport of com ponents 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 ca n provide translation motion of reaction components. This forced translatio n motion can have a high degree of certainty to reach the target region.