In vitro sliding of actin filaments labelled with single quantum dots

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 314, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 529-534

  Månsson, Alf ^a   Sundberg, Mark ^a   Balaz, Martina ^a   Bunk, Richard ^b   Nicholls, Ian A ^a   Omling, Pär ^b   Tågerud, Sven ^a   Montelius, Lars ^b  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Actin; Motility assay; Myosin; Nanocrystal; Nanostructure; Quantum dot

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; STREPTAVIDIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LABELING; CHEMICAL LABELING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0347004627     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.12.133     Document Type: Article

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