Human civilization has witnessed the use of materials-derived from biomolecules of plants
and animal origin for biomedical applications since ancient era. In recent years, precision …

Biological molecular motors (or biomolecular motors for short) are nature's solution to the
efficient conversion of chemical energy to mechanical movement. In biological systems …

Intracellular transport is the basis of microscale logistics within cells and is powered by
biomolecular motors. Mimicking transport for in vitro applications has been widely studied; …

Highlights•The bottom-up reconstitution of biological systems will give new insights into the
mechanisms and origin of life.•Cutting-edge biotechnological tools and methods facilitate …

Focal adhesions (FAs) are large, integrin-based protein complexes that link cells to the
extracellular matrix (ECM). FAs form only when and where they are necessary to transmit …

Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of disability and death worldwide. Although the
survival rate of patients with heart diseases can be improved with contemporary …

Maintenance of translational reading frame ensures the fidelity of information transfer during
protein synthesis. Yet, programmed ribosomal frameshifting sequences within the coding …

Despite extensive scrutiny of the myosin superfamily, the lack of high-resolution structures of
actin-bound states has prevented a complete description of its mechanochemical cycle and …

Macromolecule diffusion in cellular microenvironments dictates the kinetics of biochemical
processes, yet inevitably limiting the assembly and operation of biomimetic motors. Herein …

Structural DNA nanotechnology, in which Watson-Crick base pairing drives the formation of
self-assembling nanostructures, has rapidly expanded in complexity and functionality since …