Controlling the direction of kinesin-driven microtubule movements along microlithographic tracks

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1555-1561

  Hiratsuka, Yuichi ^a,c   Tada, Tetsuya ^b   Oiwa, Kazuhiro ^d   Kanayama, Toshihiko ^b   Uyeda, Taro Q P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b JT RES CENTER FOR ATOM TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINESIN; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GEOMETRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROTUBULE; MOTION; NONHUMAN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 0034859387     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)75809-2     Document Type: Article

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