Scientists from Delft, Vienna, and Lausanne discovered that the protein machines that shape our DNA can switch direction.

Molecular motors are biological nanomachines that convert chemical energy into mechanical work at the molecular level. These highly efficient and specialized proteins are responsible for a wide range ...

Scientists have built an artificial motor capable of mimicking the natural mechanisms that power life. Just like the proteins ...

Just like the proteins in our muscles, which convert chemical energy into power to allow us to perform daily tasks, these ...

A study published in Chemistry—A European Journal presents a proof-of-principle design of molecular motors. "Artificial ...

The new finding is published in Cell in an article titled, “ SMC motor proteins extrude DNA asymmetrically and can switch directions ,” and is key to understanding how these motors shape our genome ...

S cientists from the Kavli Institute of Delft University of Technology and the IMP Vienna Biocenter discovered a new property of the molecular motors that shape our chromosomes. While six years ...

No biological system has been studied by more diverse approaches than the actin-based molecular motor myosin. Biophysics, biochemistry, physiology, classical genetics and molecular genetics have ...