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Motor proteins move cargos in cells and are involved in coordinated large-scale force generation e.g. in cell locomotion, cell division or muscle contraction. Optical traps in conjunction with high-resolution light microscopy has been a tool of choice to analyze dynamic properties of motors, such as power strokes, step lengths or unitary forces. Much detail about microscopic function has also been learned by direct imaging.
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Schmidt, C.F. et al. (2008). Manipulating and imaging molecular motors with optical traps, single-molecule fluorescence and atomic force microscopy. In: Aretz, A., Hermanns-Sachweh, B., Mayer, J. (eds) EMC 2008 14th European Microscopy Congress 1–5 September 2008, Aachen, Germany. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85228-5_109
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