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Lab Chip
; 9(9): 1282-5, 2009 May 07.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19370249
RESUMO
We have developed a novel, microfabricated, stand-alone microfluidic device that can efficiently sort and concentrate (bio-)analyte molecules by using kinesin motors and microtubules as a chemo-mechanical transduction machine. The device removes hundreds of targeted molecules per second from an analyte stream by translocating functionalized microtubules with kinesin across the stream and concentrating them at a horseshoe-shaped collector. Target biomolecule concentrations increase up to three orders of magnitude within one hour of operation.