Active, motor-drivenmechanics in a DNA gel

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

Volumn 109, Issue 43, 2012, Pages 17342-17347

  Bertrand, Olivier J N ^a   Fygenson, Deborah Kuchnir ^b   Saleh, Omar A ^b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Active soft matter; Cytoskeletal mechanics; Diffusive dynamics; DNA self assembly

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA HYBRID; MOLECULAR MOTOR; DNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CYTOSKELETON; DNA BASED ACTIVE GEL; DNA GEL BLOT ANALYSIS; DNA TEMPLATE; GEL; GENE CONSTRUCT; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY;

BIOMECHANICS; DNA; GELS; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84867911447     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1208732109     Document Type: Article

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