Exploring molecular motors and switches at the single-molecule level

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 65, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 194-204

  Capitanio, M ^a,b   Vanzi, F ^a,c   Broggio, C ^a   Cicchi, R ^a,b   Normanno, D ^a   Romano, G ^d   Sacconi, L ^a,e   Pavone, F S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c INFM   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Magnetic and optical wrenches; Motor proteins; Optical tweezers; Particle tracking

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; MOLECULES; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PROTEINS; TOOLS;

BIOPHYSICAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC AND OPTICAL WRENCH; MOLECULAR MOTORS; MOLECULAR SWITCHES; MOTOR PROTEINS; OPTICAL-; PARTICLE TRACKING; REGULATORY PROTEIN; SINGLE MOLECULE LEVEL; SINGLE-MOLECULE TECHNIQUE;

OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MOLECULAR MOTOR; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KINESIN; MYOSIN;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC WRENCH; MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; VIDEORECORDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; REVIEW;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DYNEIN ATPASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KINESIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MYOSINS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 14144255434     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20126     Document Type: Article

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