2014 Small World In Motion Competition

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Honorable Mention

2014 Small World In Motion Competition

DNA micro-machine rolling across a fluorescently labeled RNA surface

Kevin Yehl

Affiliation
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Technique
Brightfield
Magnifaction
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Enzymatic hydrolysis of fluorescently labeled fuel drives the autonomous linear motion of DNA-based particle motors, where typically at this length scale, only random Brownian motion is observed.