Fluctuation as a tool of biological molecular machines.
The mechanism for biological molecular machines is different from that of man-made ones. Recently single molecule measurements and other experiments have revealed unique operations where biological molecular machines exploit thermal fluctuation in response to small inputs of energy or signals to achieve their function. Understanding and applying this mechanism to engineering offers new artificial machine designs.
Yanagida
Toshio
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Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. yanagida@phys1.med.psaka-u.ac.jp
D004058:Diffusion; D006801:Humans; D008967:Molecular Biology; D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009218:Myosins / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction
D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins; D009218:Myosins