Engineering controllable bidirectional molecular motors based on myosin

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 252-256

  Chen, Lu ^a   Nakamura, Muneaki ^a,b   Schindler, Tony D ^a   Parker, David ^a   Bryant, Zev ^a,c  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL IONS; METALS;

ACTIVATION/DEACTIVATION; CYTOSKELETAL MOTORS; DIRECTION OF MOTION; MECHANICAL PROCESS; MOLECULAR DETECTION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SPATIOTEMPORAL CONTROL; STRUCTURAL MODELING;

CELL ENGINEERING;

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FLUORINE; MOLECULAR MOTOR; MYOSIN; MYOSIN VI;

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL ORGANELLE; MYOFILAMENT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

EID: 84862777356     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2012.19     Document Type: Article

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