ATP-independent contractile proteins from plants

Nature Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 600-603

  Knoblauch, Michael ^a   Noll, Gundula A ^a   Müller, Torsten ^b   Prüfer, Dirk ^c   Schneider Hüther, Ingrid ^a   Scharner, Dörte ^a   Van Bel, Aart J E ^a   Peters, Winfried S ^a,d  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c FIMAO   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIOLOGY; CONFORMATIONS; DURABILITY; ELECTROSTATICS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PH EFFECTS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS; FORISOMES; LARGE-SCALE ISOLATION METHOD;

PROTEINS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; CHEMISTRY; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EVALUATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; VICIA FABA;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MOTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VICIA FABA;

EID: 0141886923     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat960     Document Type: Letter

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