Localized modulated waves in microtubules

Slobodan Zdravković; Aleksandr N Bugay; Guzel F Aru; Aleksandra Maluckov

doi:10.1063/1.4885777

Localized modulated waves in microtubules

Chaos. 2014 Jun;24(2):023139. doi: 10.1063/1.4885777.

Authors

Slobodan Zdravković¹, Aleksandr N Bugay², Guzel F Aru², Aleksandra Maluckov¹

Affiliations

¹ Laboratorija za Atomsku Fiziku (040), Institut za Nuklearne Nauke Vinča, Univerzitet u Beogradu, Poštanski fah 522, 11001 Beograd, Serbia.
² Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Joliot-Curie 6, 141980, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia.

PMID: 24985453
DOI: 10.1063/1.4885777

Abstract

In the present paper, we study nonlinear dynamics of microtubules (MTs). As an analytical method, we use semi-discrete approximation and show that localized modulated solitonic waves move along MT. This is supported by numerical analysis. Both cases with and without viscosity effects are studied.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cell Physiological Phenomena*
Microtubules / chemistry*
Models, Biological
Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted
Viscosity