TITLE:
Molecular Motors—Self-Organization of Cytoskeletal Network
AUTHORS:
Kishore Dutta
KEYWORDS:
Cell Motility, Molecular Motors, Self-Organization
JOURNAL NAME:
Yangtze Medicine,
Vol.1 No.4,
December
13,
2017
ABSTRACT: Molecular motors play an important role in the organization of cytoskeletal filament networks. These nanometer-sized natural molecular machines opened up a new frontier of nano-technology. This article describes biomolecular nano-machines, their internal structures, and dynamical interactions between molecular motors and their molecular tracks which reorganize a network of long protein filaments, particularly during cell division to form cytoskeleton of daughter cells. Towards the end, the article also takes up some still-to-be resolved matters and prospects for future developments in this exciting multidisciplinary area of science.