Engineering a molecular railroad

NanoBioTechnology: BioInspired Devices and Materials of the Future

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 433-459

  Stewart, Russell J ^a   Limberis, Loren ^b  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active transport; kinesin; microdevices; microsystem engineering; microtubule; protein immobilization; silicocompatibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889985493     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-218-2_18     Document Type: Chapter

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