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Kanev I, Mei WN, Mizuno A, DeHaai K, Sanmann J, Hess M, Starr L, Grove J, Dave B, Sanger W. Searching for electrical properties, phenomena and mechanisms in the construction and function of chromosomes. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2013; 6:e201303007. [PMID: 24688715 PMCID: PMC3962117 DOI: 10.5936/csbj.201303007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2013] [Revised: 06/09/2013] [Accepted: 06/13/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
OUR STUDIES REVEAL PREVIOUSLY UNIDENTIFIED ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF CHROMOSOMES: (1) chromosomes are amazingly similar in construction and function to electrical transformers; (2) chromosomes possess in their construction and function, components similar to those of electric generators, conductors, condensers, switches, and other components of electrical circuits; (3) chromosomes demonstrate in nano-scale level electromagnetic interactions, resonance, fusion and other phenomena similar to those described by equations in classical physics. These electrical properties and phenomena provide a possible explanation for unclear and poorly understood mechanisms in clinical genetics including: (a) electrically based mechanisms responsible for breaks, translocations, fusions, and other chromosomal abnormalities associated with cancer, intellectual disability, infertility, pregnancy loss, Down syndrome, and other genetic disorders; (b) electrically based mechanisms involved in crossing over, non-disjunction and other events during meiosis and mitosis; (c) mechanisms demonstrating heterochromatin to be electrically active and genetically important.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ivan Kanev
- Human Genetics Laboratory, Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, 68198-5440, USA
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- Department of physics, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Nebraska, 68182, USA
| | - Akira Mizuno
- Applied Electrostatics Laboratory, Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, Toyohashi University of Technology, Tempaku-cyo, Toyohashi, Aichi, 441-8580, Japan
| | - Kristi DeHaai
- Human Genetics Laboratory, Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, 68198-5440, USA
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- Human Genetics Laboratory, Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, 68198-5440, USA
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- Human Genetics Laboratory, Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, 68198-5440, USA
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- Human Genetics Laboratory, Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, 68198-5440, USA
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- Human Genetics Laboratory, Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, 68198-5440, USA
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- Human Genetics Laboratory, Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, 68198-5440, USA
| | - Warren Sanger
- Human Genetics Laboratory, Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, 68198-5440, USA
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