Activation energy of oscillations of single cells

Value 58 kJ/mol
Organism Budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Reference Reguera G. When microbial conversations get physical. Trends Microbiol. 2011 Mar19(3):105-13. p.106 left column top paragraphPubMed ID21239171
Primary Source Pelling AE, Sehati S, Gralla EB, Valentine JS, Gimzewski JK. Local nanomechanical motion of the cell wall of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Science. 2004 Aug 20 305(5687):1147-50.PubMed ID15326353
Method Atomic force microscopy
Comments The oscillations of single cells had activation energies (58 kJ/mol) and velocities similar to those reported for cytoskeleton motors.
Entered by Uri M
ID 107410