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Myosins move ahead of the pack

An artificial motor protein with loosely coordinated subunits can travel at high speed and over long distances.

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Figure 1: Strategies to enhance the performance of molecular motors.

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Tsao, D., Diehl, M. Myosins move ahead of the pack. Nature Nanotech 9, 9–10 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2013.298

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