Molecular motors: nature's nanomachines.
Molecular motors are protein-based machines that convert chemical potential energy into mechanical work. This paper aims to introduce the non-specialist reader to molecular motors, in particular, acto-myosin, the prototype system for motor protein studies. These motors produce their driving force from changes in chemical potential arising directly from chemical reactions and are responsible for muscle contraction and a variety of other cell motilities.
MRC National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, UK.
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MJ
Tyreman
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Molloy