A synthetic DNA motor that transports nanoparticles along carbon nanotubes

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-43

  Cha, Tae Gon ^a   Pan, Jing ^a   Chen, Haorong ^a   Salgado, Janette ^a   Li, Xiang ^a   Mao, Chengde ^a   Choi, Jong Hyun ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CDS NANOPARTICLES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFORMATIONS; DNA; HYDROLYSIS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOTUBES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PHOSPHATES; RNA; YARN;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE HYDROLYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MACHINES; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; INTRACELLULAR PROTEINS; INTRACELLULAR TRAFFICKING; PROGRAMMABLE ASSEMBLY; SYNTHETIC ANALOGUES;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

CADMIUM SELENIDE; DNA; MOLECULAR MOTOR; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOPARTICLE; RNA; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; SYNTHETIC DNA;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLUORESCENCE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA; DYNEINS; KINESIN; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES, CARBON;

EID: 84891757747     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2013.257     Document Type: Article

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