Transport and self-organization across different length scales powered by motor proteins and programmed by DNA

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 44-47

  Wollman, Adam J M ^a   Sanchez Cano, Carlos ^a   Carstairs, Helen M J ^a   Cross, Robert A ^b   Turberfield, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEINS; UNLOADING;

DIFFERENT LENGTH SCALE; DNA NANOSTRUCTURES; MICROTUBULE NETWORKS; MOLECULAR SIGNALS; SELF ORGANIZATIONS; SELF-ORGANIZED NETWORKS; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; TRANSPORT SYSTEMS;

DNA SEQUENCES;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KINESIN 1;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

DNA; DYNEINS; KINESIN; MICROTUBULES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 84891776725     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2013.230     Document Type: Article

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