A. Desai, T. J. Mitchison, Microtubule Annu, Rev Cell, Dev Biol, F. Gittes, ...
and actin filaments measured from thermal fluctuations in shape. J
Metastable Intermediates in the Condensation of Semiflexible Polymers (2001)
Schnurr, B., Gittes, F., MacKintosh, F. C.
Motivated by results from an earlier Brownian Dynamics (BD) simulation for the collapse of a single, stiff polymer in a poor solvent [B. Schnurr, F. C. MacKintosh, and D. R. M. Williams, Europhys....
Gittes, F., Schnurr, B., Olmsted, P. D., MacKintosh, F. C., Schmidt, C. F.
We describe a high-resolution, high-bandwidth technique for determining the local viscoelasticity of soft materials such as polymer gels. Loss and storage shear moduli are determined from the power...
Schnurr, B., Gittes, F., MacKintosh, F. C., Schmidt, C. F.
We have developed a new technique to measure viscoelasticity in soft materials such as polymer solutions, by monitoring thermal fluctuations of embedded probe particles using laser interferometry in...
B. Schnurr, F. Gittes, F. C. Mackintosh, C. F. Schmidt
ABSTRACT: We have developed a new technique to measure viscoelasticity in soft materials such as entangled polymer solutions, by monitoring thermal fluctuations of embedded probe particles using...
Directional loading of the kinesin motor molecule as it buckles a microtubule.
Gittes, F, Meyhöfer, E, Baek, S, Howard, J
Single kinesin motor molecules were observed to buckle the microtubules along which they moved in a modified in vitro gliding assay. In this assay a central portion of the microtubule was clamped to...
The force exerted by a single kinesin molecule against a viscous load.
Hunt, A J, Gittes, F, Howard, J
Kinesin is a motor protein that uses the energy derived from the hydrolysis of ATP to power the transport of organelles along microtubules. To probe the mechanism of this chemical-to-mechanical...
Two-dimensional tracking of ncd motility by back focal plane interferometry.
Allersma, M W, Gittes, F, DeCastro, M J, Stewart, R J, Schmidt, C F
A technique for detecting the displacement of micron-sized optically trapped probes using far-field interference is introduced, theoretically explained, and used to study the motility of the ncd...
Directional loading of the kinesin motor molecule as it buckles a microtubule.
Gittes, F, Meyhöfer, E, Baek, S, Howard, J
Single kinesin motor molecules were observed to buckle the microtubules along which they moved in a modified in vitro gliding assay. In this assay a central portion of the microtubule was clamped to...
The force exerted by a single kinesin molecule against a viscous load.
Hunt, A J, Gittes, F, Howard, J
Kinesin is a motor protein that uses the energy derived from the hydrolysis of ATP to power the transport of organelles along microtubules. To probe the mechanism of this chemical-to-mechanical...
Two-dimensional tracking of ncd motility by back focal plane interferometry.
Allersma, M W, Gittes, F, DeCastro, M J, Stewart, R J, Schmidt, C F
A technique for detecting the displacement of micron-sized optically trapped probes using far-field interference is introduced, theoretically explained, and used to study the motility of the ncd...