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High-performance fungal motors

Nature volume 414, pages 597–598 (2001)Cite this article

Kinesin proteins are nanoscale transport vehicles. Analysis of the structure and function of one such protein has revealed the secrets of its rapid movement.

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Figure 1: Model of a microtubule filament (left) with the bound motor domain of Neurospora crassa conventional kinesin, based on Song et al.3.

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