Toward intelligent molecular machines: directed motions of biological and artificial molecules and assemblies.
@article{Kinbara2005TowardIM, title={Toward intelligent molecular machines: directed motions of biological and artificial molecules and assemblies.}, author={Kazushi Kinbara and Takuzo Aida}, journal={Chemical reviews}, year={2005}, volume={105 4}, pages={ 1377-400 } }
In the last two decades, considerable progress has been made in the field of molecular biology, which has enabled a molecular-level understanding of a number of interesting biological events. In particular, the discovery of a family of moving proteins and their assemblies has attracted particular attention not only of biologists but also of chemists and physicists.1-5 In response to certain biological stimuli, these proteins perform directed or programmed motions, similar to many tools and…
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