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The University of Osaka

Fig. 1

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Tightly focused laser irradiation can accumulate tubulin proteins at/around the laser focus, which leads to the formation of highly ordered microtubule assemblies. The assemblies can exhibit various dynamic behaviors such as radial motion, bundling, and flagella-like rotation with motor protein and chemical energy, highlighting as a unique tool for spatiotemporal control of protein assembly without chemical/biological modifications.

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2026, Hiroshi Y. Yoshikawa et al., Spatiotemporal Control of Formation of Dynamic Protein Fiber Assemblies via Photophysical Effects of a Focused Laser Beam, Advanced Science

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