An overview of sub-cellular mechanisms involved in the action of TTFields

JA Tuszynski, C Wenger, DE Friesen… - International journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Long-standing research on electric and electromagnetic field interactions with biological
cells and their subcellular structures has mainly focused on the low-and high-frequency …

All wired up: an exploration of the electrical properties of microtubules and tubulin

AP Kalra, BB Eakins, SD Patel, G Ciniero, V Rezania… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Microtubules are hollow, cylindrical polymers of the protein α, β tubulin, that interact
mechanochemically with a variety of macromolecules. Due to their mechanically robust …

[HTML][HTML] Dielectric measurement of individual microtubules using the electroorientation method

I Minoura, E Muto - Biophysical journal, 2006 - cell.com
Little is known about the electrostatic/dynamic properties of microtubules, which are
considered to underlie their electrostatic interactions with various proteins such as motor …

A biopolymer transistor: electrical amplification by microtubules

A Priel, AJ Ramos, JA Tuszynski, HF Cantiello - Biophysical journal, 2006 - cell.com
Microtubules (MTs) are important cytoskeletal structures engaged in a number of specific
cellular activities, including vesicular traffic, cell cyto-architecture and motility, cell division …

Bundles of brain microtubules generate electrical oscillations

MR Cantero, C Villa Etchegoyen, PL Perez… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Microtubules (MTs) are long cylindrical structures of the cytoskeleton that control cell
division, intracellular transport, and the shape of cells. MTs also form bundles, which are …

High-frequency electric field and radiation characteristics of cellular microtubule network

D Havelka, M Cifra, O Kučera, J Pokorný… - Journal of theoretical …, 2011 - Elsevier
Microtubules are important structures in the cytoskeleton, which organizes the cell. Since
microtubules are electrically polar, certain microtubule normal vibration modes efficiently …

Challenges in coupling atmospheric electricity with biological systems

ER Hunting, J Matthews… - International journal of …, 2021 - Springer
The atmosphere is host to a complex electric environment, ranging from a global electric
circuit generating fluctuating atmospheric electric fields to local lightning strikes and ions …

Measuring cohesion between macromolecular filaments one pair at a time: depletion-induced microtubule bundling

F Hilitski, AR Ward, L Cajamarca, MF Hagan… - Physical review …, 2015 - APS
In the presence of nonadsorbing polymers, colloidal particles experience ubiquitous
attractive interactions induced by depletion forces. Here, we measure the depletion …

A comprehensive study on the electrostatic properties of tubulin-tubulin complexes in microtubules

W Guo, TA Ale, S Sun, JE Sanchez, L Li - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Microtubules are key players in several stages of the cell cycle and are also involved in the
transportation of cellular organelles. Microtubules are polymerized by α/β tubulin dimers with …

A nonlinear model of ionic wave propagation along microtubules

MV Satarić, DI Ilić, N Ralević, JA Tuszynski - European biophysics journal, 2009 - Springer
Microtubules (MTs) are important cytoskeletal polymers engaged in a number of specific
cellular activities including the traffic of organelles using motor proteins, cellular architecture …