Unidirectional transport of a bead on a single microtubule immobilized in a submicrometre channel

Nanotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 289-294

  Yokokawa, Ryuji ^a   Yoshida, Yumi ^b   Takeuchi, Shoji ^b   Kon, Takahide ^c   Fujita, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; MERCURY (METAL); PROTEINS; SURFACE PHENOMENA; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

KINESIN; MERCURY LAMP; MICROTUBULES; POLARITY;

CELLS;

EID: 29144511554     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/17/1/049     Document Type: Article

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