Artificial molecular motors in biological applications
Molecular motors are the cornerstone for the maintenance of living systems and mediate almost all fundamental processes involved in cellular trafficking. The intricate mechanisms underlying natural molecular motors have been elucidated in detail, inspiring researchers in various fields to construct...
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| author | Fuli Fan Songshen Liu Yuting Yan Peng Zhang Kui Che |
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| description | Molecular motors are the cornerstone for the maintenance of living systems and mediate almost all fundamental processes involved in cellular trafficking. The intricate mechanisms underlying natural molecular motors have been elucidated in detail, inspiring researchers in various fields to construct artificial systems with multi-domain applications. This review summarises the characteristics of molecular motors, biomimetic approaches for their design and operation, and recent biological applications. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-04da340919a142f89073f4adf34e7cf92025-01-08T06:11:50ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences2296-889X2025-01-011110.3389/fmolb.2024.15106191510619Artificial molecular motors in biological applicationsFuli Fan0Songshen Liu1Yuting Yan2Peng Zhang3Kui Che4Department of Hematology, The Affiliate Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, ChinaDepartment of Hematology, The Affiliate Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, ChinaDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, ChinaShandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, ChinaKey Laboratory of Thyroid Disease, Medical Research Center, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, ChinaMolecular motors are the cornerstone for the maintenance of living systems and mediate almost all fundamental processes involved in cellular trafficking. The intricate mechanisms underlying natural molecular motors have been elucidated in detail, inspiring researchers in various fields to construct artificial systems with multi-domain applications. This review summarises the characteristics of molecular motors, biomimetic approaches for their design and operation, and recent biological applications.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmolb.2024.1510619/fullartificial molecular motorrotary motionbiological applicationcancerdrug delivery |
| spellingShingle | Fuli Fan Songshen Liu Yuting Yan Peng Zhang Kui Che Artificial molecular motors in biological applications Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences artificial molecular motor rotary motion biological application cancer drug delivery |
| title | Artificial molecular motors in biological applications |
| title_full | Artificial molecular motors in biological applications |
| title_fullStr | Artificial molecular motors in biological applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Artificial molecular motors in biological applications |
| title_short | Artificial molecular motors in biological applications |
| title_sort | artificial molecular motors in biological applications |
| topic | artificial molecular motor rotary motion biological application cancer drug delivery |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmolb.2024.1510619/full |
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