Using electrical and optical tweezers to facilitate studies of molecular motors

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 4834-4839

  Arsenault, Mark E ^a   Sun, Yujie ^b   Bau, Haim H ^a   Goldman, Yale E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MOTOR; MYOSIN V;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHORESIS; METABOLISM; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; RABBIT; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHORESIS; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MYOSIN TYPE V; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; RABBITS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 68849091086     PISSN: 14639076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b821861g     Document Type: Article

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