Remote control of myosin and kinesin motors using light-activated gearshifting

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 693-697

  Nakamura, Muneaki ^a,b   Chen, Lu ^b   Howes, Stuart C ^c   Schindler, Tony D ^b   Nogales, Eva ^c,d   Bryant, Zev ^b,e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REMOTE CONTROL;

ARTIFICIAL SYSTEMS; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; CYTOSKELETAL MOTORS; MOLECULAR TRANSPORT; PHOTOACTIVE PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURES; SPATIOTEMPORAL CONTROL; TRANSPORT FUNCTION;

PROTEINS;

KINESIN; MYOSIN; ACTIN;

ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; IN VITRO STUDY; KINETICS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ANIMAL; AVENA; CHARA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOSKELETON; DICTYOSTELIUM; DROSOPHILA; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MOTION; PIG; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; AVENA; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHARA; CYTOSKELETON; DICTYOSTELIUM; DROSOPHILA; KINESIN; KINETICS; LIGHT; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOTION; MYOSINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SWINE;

EID: 84926231240     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2014.147     Document Type: Article

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