Active self-organization of microtubules in an inert chamber system

Polymer Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 607-611

  Kabir, Arif Md Rashedul ^a   Inoue, Daisuke ^a   Kakugo, Akira ^a,b   Sada, Kazuki ^a   Gong, Jian Ping ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

active self organization; biomachine; biomolecular motor; kinesin; lifetime; microtubule

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SELF-ORGANIZATION; BIOMACHINE; BIOMOLECULAR MOTOR; KINESINS; LIFETIME; MICROTUBULES;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84861941546     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2012.26     Document Type: Article

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