Ever since the serendipitous discovery of liquid crystals (LC) by Friedrich Reinitzer in 1888,
a significant number of LCs have been synthesised and characterised. The ever-growing …

As metabolic centers, plant organelles participate in maintenance, defense, and signaling.
MSH1 is a plant-specific protein involved in organellar genome stability in mitochondria and …

The past decade has witnessed several significant efforts made towards implementing the
biomolecular functions of motor proteins for nanotechnological applications. However …

To obtain high quality of drinking water free from biocontaminants is especially important
issue. A new strategy employing smectic liquid‐crystalline ionic membranes exhibiting 2D …

The aim of this study is to investigate in vitro antioxidant activities and the phytochemical
screening endophytes. Seven different endophytic fungi were isolated from different parts of …

To apply motor proteins as natural nanomolecular machines to transporting systems in
nanotechnology, complete temporal control over ON/OFF switching of the motility is …

Regulated transportation of nanoscale objects with a high degree of spatiotemporal
precision is a prerequisite for the development of targeted molecular delivery. In vitro …

Sorghum downy mildew caused by Peronosclerospora sorghi is a major disease of maize
and resistance is under the control of polygenes which necessitated identification of …

Artificial control of bio-nanomachines should have a major impact on the development of
controllable transport systems for specific cargo transport on chips. Precise spatiotemporal …

Recently we demonstrated the photoregulation of the activity of kinesin-1 using an
azobenzene-tethered peptide (azo-peptide: Azo-Ile-Pro-Lys-Ala-Ile-Gln-Ala-Ser-His-Gly-Arg …