News tagged with kinesin motors
Life's smallest motor, cargo carrier of the cells, moves like a seesaw
(PhysOrg.com) -- Life's smallest motor, a protein that shuttles cargo within cells and helps cells divide, does so by rocking up and down like a seesaw, according to research conducted by scientists at the ...
Feb 18, 2010 |
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Bionanomachines: Proteins as resistance fighters
(PhysOrg.com) -- Friction limits the speed and efficiency of macroscopic engines. Is this also true for nanomachines? A Dresden research team used laser tweezers to measure the friction between a single motor ...
Aug 14, 2009 |
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Dartmouth researchers find new protein function
A group of Dartmouth researchers has found a new function for one of the proteins involved with chromosome segregation during cell division. Their finding adds to the growing knowledge about the fundamental ...
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Jan 09, 2009 |
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