Mechanics of myosin motor: Force and step size

Ming Ya Jiang; Michael Sheetz

doi:10.1002/bies.950160803

Mechanics of myosin motor: Force and step size

Ming Ya Jiang, Michael Sheetz

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	531-532
Number of pages	2
Journal	BioEssays
Volume	16
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/bies.950160803
State	Published - Jan 1 1994
Externally published	Yes

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Jiang, M. Y., & Sheetz, M. (1994). Mechanics of myosin motor: Force and step size. BioEssays, 16(8), 531-532. https://doi.org/10.1002/bies.950160803

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