Microtubule architecture: inspiration for novel carbon nanotube-based biomimetic materials

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 302-310

  Pampaloni, Francesco ^a   Florin, Ernst Ludwig ^b  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CELL DEATH; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MODELING; NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY;

CELLULAR FUNCTIONS; FUNCTIONAL NANOMATERIALS; INTRACELLULAR TRAFFICKING; MICROTUBULE ARCHITECTURE;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; CARBON; MONOMER; NANOTUBE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL DIVISION; CELL MIGRATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROTUBULE; NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 43649093128     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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