Quantum Dot Motion on Microtubules Academic Article

abstract

• Kinesin is one of the numerous motor proteins present in the cell. Its function is to transport cargo along microtubules, which serve as tracks, by efficiently making use of chemical energy. Here, we have studied the translocation of quantum dots by kinesin. Kinesin was bacterially expressed and conjugated to quantum dots, thus allowing observation of the motion of the quantum dots along the microtubules by fluorescence microscopy. The velocity was determined by a kymograph, and was in agreement with expectations. 2012 The Chemical Society of Japan.

authors

• Hwang, Wonmuk
• Teizer, Winfried

published proceedings

• CHEMISTRY LETTERS

author list (cited authors)

• Sikora, A., Oliveira, D., Kim, K., Liao, A. L., Umetsu, M., Kumagai, I., ... Teizer, W.

citation count

• 5

complete list of authors

• Sikora, Aurelien||Oliveira, Daniel||Kim, Kyongwan||Liao, Andrew L||Umetsu, Mitsuo||Kumagai, Izumi||Adschiri, Tadafumi||Hwang, Wonmuk||Teizer, Winfried

publication date

• January 2012

publisher

• The Chemical Society of Japan  Publisher

published in

• Chemistry Letters  Journal

keywords

• Bioengineering
• Nanotechnology

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1246/cl.2012.1215

start page

• 1215

end page

• 1217

volume

• 41

issue

• 10

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1246%2Fcl.2012.1215