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  PIERS Online Vol. 3 No. 8 2007 pp: 1190-1194

Electrical Vibrations of Yeast Cell Membrane

Michal Cifra, J. Vanis, O. Kucera, Jiri Hasek, Ivana Frydlova, Frantisek Jelinek, Jaroslav Saroch, and Jiri Pokorny

doi:10.2529/PIERS070220101159

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Abstract:

Cytoskeleton with microtubules is the main organization structure of the eukaryotic cell. Possible sources of vibrational excitations of electrically polar cytoskeleton components are enumerated. Temperature stabilized, triple screened box (electrically and electromagnetically by mumetal) with point sensor and preamplifiers was used for measurement of electrical oscillations of yeast cell. Preliminary findings of the electrical measurement and local nanomechanical AFM measurements are presented. Findings correspond to the Frolich's postulate of coherent electrically polar longitudinal vibrations in biological systems.

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