Transport and self-organization across different length scales powered by motor proteins and programmed by DNA
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Transport and self-organization across different length scales powered by motor proteins and programmed by DNA
In eukaryotic cells, cargo is transported on self-organized networks of microtubule trackways by kinesin and dynein motor proteins. Synthetic microtubule networks have previously been assembled in vitro, and microtubules have been used as shuttles to carry cargoes on lithographically defined tracks consisting of surface-bound kinesin motors. Here, we show that molecular signals can be used to p...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Nanotechnology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1748-3387,1748-3395
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2013.230