Engineering an artificial amoeba propelled by nanoparticle-triggered actin polymerization

Nanotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Yi, Jinsoo ^a   Schmidt, Jacob ^a   Chien, Aichi ^a   Montemagno, Carlo D ^a,b  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b University of Cincinnati   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN MONOMERS; ACTIN POLYMERIZATIONS; ACTIN-BINDING PROTEINS; ARTIFICIAL CELLS; BIOLOGICAL COMPONENTS; DRIVING FORCES; FOOD POISONING; FUNCTIONALIZED; GLASS SURFACES; INORGANIC MATERIALS; LIPID VESICLES; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PROPULSIVE FORCES; TRANS-MEMBRANE PROTEINS;

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; MACHINERY; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS;

MONOMERS;

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NANOPARTICLE; NICKEL; PROPELLANT; ACTA PROTEIN, LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; POLYMER;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; AMOEBA; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; LIPID VESICLE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NANOENCAPSULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BIOMIMETICS; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; LOCOMOTION; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTINS; AMOEBA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOMIMETICS; DIMERIZATION; LOCOMOTION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOTION; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERS;

EID: 65249173342     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/20/8/085101     Document Type: Article

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