Biomimetic actuators: Where technology and cell biology merge

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 19-20, 2004, Pages 2497-2509

  Knoblauch, M ^a,b   Peters, W S ^b,c  

^a Fraunhofer Inst F M   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Biozentrum Johann Wolfgang G   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomimetic actuators; Biomimetic smart materials; Contractility; Cytoskeleton; Molecular machines; Motor proteins; Protein based polymers

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; DNA; ENZYME; KINESIN; MYOSIN; TUBULIN;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYTOLOGY; MACROMOLECULE; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOTOR SYSTEM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REVIEW; ROBOTICS;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; DNA; HUMANS; KINESIN; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POLYMERS; PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES;

EID: 9944235461     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-004-4158-0     Document Type: Review

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