Lithographically patterned channels spatially segregate kinesin motor activity and effectively guide microtubule movements

Nano Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 633-637

  Moorjani, Samira G ^a   Jia, Lili ^a   Jackson, Thomas N ^a   Hancock, William O ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPOXIDE; GLASS; KINESIN; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MATERIAL COATING; MICROTUBULE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NANOPARTICLE; PARTICLE SIZE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0141744884     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl034001b     Document Type: Article

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