Live visualizations of single isolated tubulin protein self-assembly via tunneling current: Effect of electromagnetic pumping during spontaneous growth of microtubule

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Sahu, Satyajit ^a,b   Ghosh, Subrata ^a   Fujita, Daisuke ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Anirban ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY JODHPUR   (India)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

ANIMAL; CELL LINE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MCF 7 CELL LINE; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; PIG; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; MCF-7 CELLS; MICROTUBULES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SWINE; TUBULIN;

EID: 84943144491     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07303     Document Type: Article

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