Nano monorail for molecular motors: Individually manipulated microtubules for kinesin motion

TRANSDUCERS 2009 - 15th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2164-2167

  Tarhan, M C ^a   Jalabert, L ^a   Yokokawa, R ^b,c   Bottier, C ^a   Collard, D ^a   Fujita, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Direct transportation; Kinesin; Microtubules; Single molecule manipulation

Indexed keywords

KINESINS; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR MOTORS; MOTOR PROTEINS; NANO SCALE; SINGLE MOLECULE MANIPULATION; TRANSPORT SYSTEMS;

ACTUATORS; MICROSYSTEMS; MOTORS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS;

SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

EID: 71449091159     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285605     Document Type: Conference Paper

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