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The diversity of molecular motors: an overview

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Rapid progress has recently been made in the identification and characterization of a large number of kinesin and myosin motor proteins. Recent work has uncovered roles for these motors in processes such as vesicle trafficking, cytoskeletal organization, and chromosome movements, to name a few. A series of reviews describing some of the significant advances in our understanding of the structure and function of myosins and kinesins is presented.

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  1. Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, 6-160 Jackson Hall, 321 Church St. S.E., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (Minnesota 55455, USA), Fax +1 612 624 8118, e-mail: titus@lenti.med.umn.edu, , , , , , US

    M. A. Titus

  2. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania 15260, USA), , , , , , US

    S. P. Gilbert

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Titus, M., Gilbert, S. The diversity of molecular motors: an overview. CMLS, Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 56, 181–183 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s000180050420

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