TY - JOUR
T1 - Growth of ring-shaped microtubule assemblies through stepwise active self-organisation
AU - Inoue, Daisuke
AU - Kabir, Arif Md Rashedul
AU - Mayama, Hiroyuki
AU - Gong, Jian Ping
AU - Sada, Kazuki
AU - Kakugo, Akira
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2013 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2013/8/7
Y1 - 2013/8/7
N2 - The microtubule (MT)-kinesin system is a promising candidate for constructing artificial biomachines. The active self-organisation (AcSO) method has been developed to integrate MT filaments into highly organised assembled structures. The creation of ring-shaped MT assemblies is one of the outcomes of the organisation process and holds prospects for use in future nano-technological applications. However, making use of ring-shaped MT assemblies in practical applications requires further control of the size of these assemblies, which has not yet been addressed. In this work, we demonstrated AcSO of MTs in a stepwise manner inside an inert atmosphere. We show that in an inert atmosphere, AcSO could be performed several times (at least nine times), and as a result, this method successfully increased the thickness of ring-shaped MT assemblies.
AB - The microtubule (MT)-kinesin system is a promising candidate for constructing artificial biomachines. The active self-organisation (AcSO) method has been developed to integrate MT filaments into highly organised assembled structures. The creation of ring-shaped MT assemblies is one of the outcomes of the organisation process and holds prospects for use in future nano-technological applications. However, making use of ring-shaped MT assemblies in practical applications requires further control of the size of these assemblies, which has not yet been addressed. In this work, we demonstrated AcSO of MTs in a stepwise manner inside an inert atmosphere. We show that in an inert atmosphere, AcSO could be performed several times (at least nine times), and as a result, this method successfully increased the thickness of ring-shaped MT assemblies.
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U2 - 10.1039/c3sm50704a
DO - 10.1039/c3sm50704a
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84879996457
VL - 9
SP - 7061
EP - 7068
JO - Soft Matter
JF - Soft Matter
SN - 1744-683X
IS - 29
ER -