School of Materials Science, JAIST Yuichi Hiratsuka
Aggregation of the pigment granules in an artificial melanophore. By UV photolysis of caged ATP, ATP, energy source for motor protein, were generated in an artificial melanophore. The pigment granules that were associated with dynein were transported and subsequently aggregated into the center of the chamber within 10 s.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 October 8; 110(41): 16408--16413.
(2014.02.07)