[Respiratory and olfactory cilia molecular machines of locomotor apparatus]

V O Samoĭlov; E V Bigdaĭ; E V Kryzhanovskiĭ; B A Dudich; S A Panov; D D Smirnov; A S Nesterov

[Respiratory and olfactory cilia molecular machines of locomotor apparatus]

Biofizika. 2013 Mar-Apr;58(2):269-75.

[Article in Russian]

Authors

V O Samoĭlov, E V Bigdaĭ, E V Kryzhanovskiĭ, B A Dudich, S A Panov, D D Smirnov, A S Nesterov

PMID: 23755553

Abstract

Physical activity of respiratory and olfactory cilia of animals and humans in the context of L.A. Blumenfeld concept, according to which protein molecules are "machines that perform chemical transformation" and create "a meaningful order", has been investigated and analyzed.

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English Abstract

MeSH terms

Animals
Cell Movement / physiology*
Cilia* / chemistry
Cilia* / physiology
Cytoskeleton / chemistry
Epithelium / chemistry
Humans
Microvilli / chemistry
Olfactory Mucosa* / chemistry
Olfactory Mucosa* / cytology
Respiratory System* / chemistry
Respiratory System* / cytology