Figure 1a shows our measurement system. One end of a double-stranded DNA (DNA handle, ~60 nm in length) was biotinylated and attached to the amino terminus of a myosin-V head via neutravidin. The ...
Motor proteins are essential to life: without them, all cellular transport would grind to a halt. New results on the size of steps taken by one family of motors, the myosins, will fuel the debate ...