Observation of individual microtubule motor steps in living cells with endocytosed quantum dots

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 109, Issue 51, 2005, Pages 24220-24224

  Nan, Xiaolin ^a   Sims, Peter A ^a   Chen, Peng ^a,b   Sunney Xie, X ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROTEINS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

DYNEIN MOVEMENTS; ENDOCYTOSED QUANTUM DOTS; MICROTUBULE MOTOR STEPS; MOTOR DISPLACEMENT TRACES; QD ASSAY;

CELLS;

EID: 30344436982     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp056360w     Document Type: Article

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