Dual transport systems based on hybrid nanostructures of microtubules and actin filaments

Abstract

Microtubule-actin filament hybrid nanostructures are constructed with the help of biotin and streptavidin binding. The hybrid nanostructure exhibits motility on both kinesin- and myosin-coated surfaces. Trajectory analysis shows that the hybrid nanostructures move like microtubules when on kinesin and like actin filaments when on myosin. © 2011 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.