title: Mechano-electrical vibrations of microtubules--link to subcellular morphology.
abstract: Spontaneous mechanical oscillations were predicted and experimentally proven on almost every level of cellular structure. Besides morphogenetic potential of oscillatory mechanical force, oscillations may drive vibrations of electrically polar structures or these structures themselves may oscillate on their own natural frequencies. Vibrations of electric charge will generate oscillating electric field, role of which in morphogenesis is discussed in this paper. This idea is demonstrated in silico on the conformation of two growing microtubules.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Chaberská 57, 182 51 Prague, Czechia. kucerao@ufe.cz
authors.forename: Ondřej
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kučera
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Havelka
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002477:Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D022082:Cellular Structures / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D008870:Microtubules / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009024:Morphogenesis / Q000502:physiology*; D014732:Vibration