molecular motors – TechConnect Briefs

Molecular Simulation and Theory for Nanosystems

Sadus R.J., Swinburne University of Technology, AU

A knowledge of self-assembling molecules such as DNA and dendritic systems can provide beneficial insights for the development of tailor-made nano-scale devices. In this context, molecular simulation and theory have an important role in both [...]

A Mechanistic Model of the Motility of Actin Filaments on Myosin

Nicolau_Jr. D.V., Nicolau D.V., Nicolau_Jr. D.V., Swinburne University, AU

The motility of acto-myosin is crucial to cell motility, muscular contraction, cell division etc.; and recently to several hybrid dynamic devices based on protein molecular motors. In a sense, the in vitro motility assay, which [...]

Actin Adsorbed on HOPG and Mica Substrates: Characterization and Manipulation by Atomic Force Microscopy

Nicolau D.V., Watson G.S., Cahill C., Blach J., Myhra S., Swinburne University, AU

We report on the fabrication of nanostructures built of actin using the Atomic Force Microscopy and molecularly organised substrata, i.e. HOPG and mica. We obtained both ‘paracrystalline rafts’ of actin adsorbed onto hydrophobic HOPG, as [...]