Tangential Model of Microtubules
arXiv:2302.01432
Abstract
Microtubules (MTs) represent basic components of a cytoskeleton. The present work studies nonlinear dynamics of MTs assuming tangential oscillations of the dimers. We introduce a two component model and show that the dynamics of MTs can be explained in terms of breather solitary waves.
5 pages, 2 figures, 15th International Conference on Fundamental and Applied Aspects of Physical Chemistry, September 20-24, 2021, Belgrade, Serbia