Come together: group behavior of dynein motors.
The relationship between single-molecule activity and emergent group function is just starting to be addressed. Reporting in a recent issue of Cell, Rai et al. (2013) show that groups of dynein motors function particularly well together and suggest specific features of the single-motors responsible for this cooperative function.
Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA. sgross@uci.edu
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