Unidirectional rotary motion in a molecular system

Nature

Volumn 401, Issue 6749, 1999, Pages 150-152

  Kelly, T Ross ^a   De Silva, Harshanl ^a   Silva, Richard A ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; DEVICE; ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MOTION; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033539139     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/43639     Document Type: Article

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