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Rapid progress has recently been made in the identification and characterization of a large number of kinesin and myosin motor proteins. Recent work has uncovered roles for these motors in processes such as vesicle trafficking, cytoskeletal organization, and chromosome movements, to name a few. A series of reviews describing some of the significant advances in our understanding of the structure and function of myosins and kinesins is presented.
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Titus, M., Gilbert, S. The diversity of molecular motors: an overview. CMLS, Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 56, 181–183 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s000180050420
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s000180050420