Discovery of a new motion mechanism of biomotors similar to the earth revolving around the sun without rotation

Biomotors have been classified into linear and rotational motors. For 35 years, it has been popularly believed that viral dsDNA-packaging apparatuses are pentameric rotation motors. Recently, a third class of hexameric motor has been found in bacteriophage phi29 that utilizes a mechanism of revoluti...

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Main Authors: Guo, Peixuan, Schwartz, Chad, Haak, Jeannie, Zhao, Zhengyi
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3941703/