Selective assembly and guiding of actomyosin using carbon nanotube network monolayer patterns

We report a new method for the selective assembly and guiding of actomyosin using carbon nanotube patterns. In this method, monolayer patterns of the single-walled carbon nanotube (swCNT) network were prepared via the self-limiting mechanism during the directed assembly process, and they were used t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 23(2007), 19 vom: 11. Sept., Seite 9535-9
1. Verfasser: Byun, Kyung-Eun (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Kim, Min-Gon, Chase, P Bryant, Hong, Seunghun
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2007
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Nanotubes, Carbon Gold 7440-57-5 Actomyosin 9013-26-7
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Zusammenfassung:We report a new method for the selective assembly and guiding of actomyosin using carbon nanotube patterns. In this method, monolayer patterns of the single-walled carbon nanotube (swCNT) network were prepared via the self-limiting mechanism during the directed assembly process, and they were used to block the adsorption of both myosin and actin filaments on specific substrate regions. The swCNT network patterns were also used as an efficient barrier for the guiding experiments of actomyosin. This is the first result showing that inorganic nanostructures such as carbon nanotubes can be used to control the adsorption and activity of actomyosin. This strategy is advantageous over previous methods because it does not require complicated biomolecular linking processes and nonbiological nanostructures are usually more stable than biomolecular linkers
Beschreibung:Date Completed 24.10.2007
Date Revised 04.09.2007
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1520-5827