title: Small steps and giant leaps.
abstract: A study of kinesin-1 has shed new light on how motor proteins are able to move along microtubules inside cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, and LaserLaB Amsterdam, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Bram
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Prevo
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, and LaserLaB Amsterdam, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Erwin Jg
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Peterman
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016547:Kinesins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008868:Microtubule Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D008868:Microtubule Proteins; D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins; D016547:Kinesins
keywords: E. coli; biophysics; human; molecular motor; optical trap; single molecule; structural biology