Covalent attachment of actin filaments to Tween 80 coated polystyrene beads for cargo transportation

BioSystems

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-75

  Kaur, Harsimran ^a   Das, Tapan ^a   Kumar, Rajesh ^a   Ajore, Ram ^a   Bharadwaj, Lalit M ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Cargo transportation; Covalent attachment; Drug delivery; In vitro motility assay; Molecular motors

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MACROGOL; MOLECULAR MOTOR; MYOSIN; POLYSORBATE 20; POLYSORBATE 80; POLYSTYRENE;

CARGO; DETERGENT; DRUG; ETHYLENE; MOTILITY;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CELL MOTILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COVALENT BOND; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; VELOCITY;

EID: 39949083007     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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