How molecular motors work

Nature. 1994 Dec 8;372(6506):515-8. doi: 10.1038/372515a0.

Abstract

What is the molecular basis of cell movement and changes in cell shape? The integration of three approaches is revealing how the molecular motors that drive these processes move and produce force.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Actins / physiology
  • Adenosine Triphosphate / metabolism
  • Animals
  • Cell Movement / physiology
  • Myosins / chemistry
  • Myosins / genetics
  • Myosins / metabolism
  • Myosins / physiology*
  • Protein Conformation

Substances

  • Actins
  • Adenosine Triphosphate
  • Myosins