Bacterial ratchet motors

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 9541-9545

  Di Leonardo, R ^a   Angelani, L ^a   Dell'Arciprete, D ^a   Ruocco, G ^a   Iebba, V ^a   Schippa, S ^a   Conte, M P ^a   Mecarini, F ^b,c   De Angelis, F ^b,c   Di Fabrizio, E ^b,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological motors; Ratchet effect; Self propulsion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOTOR SYSTEM; NANODEVICE; NANOFABRICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOVEMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HARNESS;

EID: 77953115707     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0910426107     Document Type: Article

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