Motor Proteins Work at Different Rates (VIDEO)

University of California - Davis

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RecBCD enzymes are unwinding DNA at different speeds. The bright ball at left is a bead, the bright strand is a stretch of DNA that shortens as it is unwound by the enzyme. The enzymes show ergodic behavior, supporting an important theory in statistical physics.

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Bian Liu, UC Davis

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