[Subatomic biology: electronic biology, biosemiconductivity]

The author gives a critical and hystorical review of the existing in biology theories which on the molecular and electronic levels explain a number of mechanisms of vital phenomena such as excitation, muscle contraction etc. The author discusses in the hystorical aspect the problem of formation of electronic and biological semi-conductivity (as the author names it) called to explain the vital mechanisms. He shows is which way this theory can explain the process of excitation.