Molecular motors are protein machines whose directed movement along cytoskeletal
filaments is driven by ATP hydrolysis. Eukaryotic cells contain motors that help to transport …

Myosin II is a molecular motor that converts chemical energy derived from ATP hydrolysis
into mechanical work. Myosin II isoforms are responsible for muscle contraction and a range …

Do biological motors move with regular steps? To address this question, we constructed
instrumentation with the spatial and temporal sensitivity to resolve movement on a molecular …

A new in vitro assay using a feedback enhanced laser trap system allows direct
measurement of force and displacement that results from the interaction of a single myosin …

Kinesin is a two-headed, ATP-dependent motor protein, that moves along microtubules
indiscrete steps of 8 nm. In vitro, single molecules produceprocessive movement,, motors …

Scallops: Biology, Ecology, Aquaculture and Fisheries, Third Edition, continues its history as
the definitive resource on scallops, covering all facets of scallop biology, including anatomy …

Chicken myosin-V is a member of a recently recognized class of myosins distinct from both
the myosins-I and the myosins-II. We report here the purification, electron microscopic …

How molecular motors Work Page 1 PROGRESS How molecular motors Work James A. Spudich
What is the molecular basis of cell movement and changes in cell shape? The integration of …

The mechanics of the actomyosin interaction have been extensively studied using the
organized filament array of striated muscle. However, the extrapolation of these data to the …

We present a general phenomenological theory for chemical to mechanical energy
transduction by motor enzymes which is based on the classical" tight-coupling" mechanism …