Some quantum weirdness in physiology

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Physics, Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MS 0371, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. pwolynes@ucsd.edu

Peter G Wolynes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009.

. 2009 Oct 13;106(41):17247-8.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.0909421106. Epub 2009 Oct 8.

¹ Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Physics, Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MS 0371, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. pwolynes@ucsd.edu

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Conflict of interest statement

The author declares no conflict of interest.

Theoretical examination of quantum coherence in a photosynthetic system at physiological temperature.
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