title: Mechanics of myosin motor: force and step size.
abstract: How motor proteins induce mechanical movement at the molecular level has been a focus of biophysicists for a long time. While the whole picture is yet to be completely revealed, recent developments in looking at nanometer-scale movement with millisecond-time resolution driven by single motors have revealed important new details about the moving step size and amount of force generated per molecule.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710.
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Sheetz
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D009218:Myosins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D009218:Myosins