A research team from the University of Osaka, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has uncovered a new molecular mechanism underlying chromosome alignment during cell ...

For decades, scientists have known that motor proteins like kinesin-2 ferry vital cargo along microtubule "highways" inside cells. But how these molecular vehicles identify and bind to the right cargo ...

"In MND, proteins misfold more frequently and the cell's degradation systems become overwhelmed and stop working properly. The misfolded protein can then accumulate, forming clumps or 'aggregates' and ...

Scientists have long known that inherited neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's or motor neuron disease, can be traced back to genetic mutations. However, how they cause the ...

DNA-nanoparticle motors are exactly as they sound: tiny artificial motors that use the structures of DNA and RNA to propel motion by enzymatic RNA degradation. Essentially, chemical energy is ...

Researchers from the Institute for Molecular Science aimed to level out the speed difference between artificial motors and motor proteins by improving the nanoscale artificial motor using their ...

The cell cytoskeleton is modulated by motor proteins, known as dyneins, that generate force and movement on microtubules to control a wealth of biological processes, including motility, cell division, ...

In a new Current Biology study, CU Boulder Physics Professor Meredith Betterton and her team explored a key motor protein in cells called kinesin-5, which helps organize the cell division machinery, ...

Cell migration is orchestrated by the coordinated activity of motor proteins and the dynamic rearrangement of cytoskeletal networks. Actin-based motors (principally myosins) convert chemical energy ...