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Nature Chemical Biology 1, 319 - 320 (2005)
doi:10.1038/nchembio1105-319

Molecular motors: rocking and rolling

Linda A Amos1

  1. Linda A. Amos is in the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Medical Research Council, Cambridge CB2 2QH, UK. e-mail: laa@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk

Kinesins are the molecular motors responsible for movement of vesicles inside cells. Evidence is now presented for how kinesin moves forward, as well as side to side.

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