CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- In the human body, hundreds of different types of biomolecular motors help carry out such essential tasks as muscle contraction, moving chromosomes during cell division, and ...
Humans and other higher animals have three cytoskeletal systems: actin filaments, microtubules and intermediate filaments 1. The myosin family of molecular motors pull on actin filaments or move cargo ...
Most of us will probably be able to recall at least vaguely that a molecule called ATP is essential for making our bodies move, but this molecule is only a small part of a much larger system. Although ...