Molecular motors: Design, mechanism, and control

Computing in Science and Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 70-77

  Chowdhury, Debashish ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

ARTIFICIAL NANOMOTORS; MOLECULAR MOTORS;

COMPUTER CONTROL;

EID: 39749088748     PISSN: 15219615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCSE.2008.58     Document Type: Article

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