Twisting and Stretching
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1DIRECT OBSERVATION OF KINESIN STEPPING BY OPTICAL TRAPPING INTERFEROMETRY
K. Svoboda, CF. Schmidt, BJ. Schnapp, SM. Block, (sblock@stanford.edu )
Nature (1993-10-21) 365-6448 p.721 PubMed
Publisher : MACMILLAN PUBLISHERS LTD, MACMILLAN BUILDING, 4 CRINAN ST, LONDON N1 9XW, ENGLAND. ISSN : 0028-0836
Abstract : Do biological motors move with regular steps? To address this question, we constructed instrumentation with the spatial and temporal sensitivity to resolve movement on a molecular scale. We deposited silica beads carrying single molecules of the motor protein kinesin on microtubules using optical tweezers and analysed their motion under controlled loads by interferometry. We find that kinesin moves with 8-nm steps.
Corresponding Author :
Affiliation(s) : (0) ROWLAND INST SCI INC,100 EDWIN LAND BLVD,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02142.;
(1) HARVARD UNIV,COMM BIOPHYS,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02138.;
(2) HARVARD UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT CELL BIOL,BOSTON,MA 02115.;
Key words : FORCE GENERATION; INVITRO; MICROTUBULES; MOVEMENT; MOLECULES; ASSAY; SIZE; DISPLACEMENT; ORGANELLE; DENSITIES
Type : Article, English. 1993-10-21
Time cited 561; Journal impact factor for year 1994 equals 25.466
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