Engineering Nanoscale Biological Molecular Motors

2017/01/06 by Chapin S. Korosec, Korosec, Chapin, Nancy R. Forde +1
Chemistry · Engineering · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes #Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures #ATP Synthase and ATPases Research

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1701.01776

Abstract

Understanding the operation of biological molecular motors, nanoscale machines that transduce electrochemical energy into mechanical work, is enhanced by bottom-up strategies to synthesize novel motors.

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