Cell is the structural and functional unit of life. This Resource Letter serves as a guide to the literature on nano-machines which drive not only intracellular movements, but also motility of the cell. These machines are usually proteins or macromolecular assemblies which require appropriate fuel for their operations. Although, traditionally, these machines were subjects of investigation in biology and biochemistry, increasing use of the concepts and techniques of physics in recent years have contributed to the quantitative understanding of the fundamental principles underlying their operational mechanisms. The possibility of exploiting these principles for the design and control of artificial nano-machines has opened up a new frontier in the bottom-up approach to nano-technology.
Giulio Fermi's contributions to biophysics and molecular biology
本文介绍了意大利裔美国物理学家恩里科·费米之子朱利奥·费米（Giulio Fermi，1936-1997）在1962年至1997年期间发表的科学文章的全面列表。朱利奥最初的研究活动涉及病毒学和生物控制论，而从1975年起，他的工作完全致力于蛋白质晶体学。这项晶体学研究是与诺贝尔奖得主马克斯·佩鲁茨在英国剑桥的医学研究委员会（MRC）分子生物学实验室合作进行的。朱利奥·费米（Judd Fermi）的简短传记出现在约翰·芬奇（John Finch）的《每层楼的诺贝尔奖得主：医学研究委员会分子生物学实验室的历史》（A Nobel Fellow on Every Floor：A History of the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology）一书中。
