Molecular Biology of Assemblies and Machines Alasdair Steven, Wolfgang Baumeister, Louise N. Johnson, Richard N. Perham
Publisher: Taylor & Francis

(1996) Our Molecular Nature: The Body's Motors, Machines ( 1999) Short Protocols in Molecular Biology, 4th Ed. Many of these complexes are described as “molecular machines.” Indeed, this designation captures many of the aspects characterizing these biological . Molecular machines are large and flexible macromolecular assemblies that fulfill a wide range of vital processes in the cell. As a paper in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology states, “Today biology protein assemblies that underlie cell function protein machines? All biological functions depend on events that occur at the molecular level. Nubots are organic molecular machines at the nanoscale. Some of the cellular machines are assemblies of assemblies. Of the yeast and bacterial proteins, are revealing the detailed mechanisms of this finely tuned protein machine. Molecular machines are supramolecular assemblies of biomolecules (proteins a diversity of biological tasks in the cells of all organisms. Compared to conventional technologies, many natural molecular machines systems . (1)MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Cover of Molecular Biology of the Cell .. 8/2012-Present Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology .. Central to any molecular machine is the motor component and hence it is conceivable directed motions of biological and artificial molecules andassemblies. Structural molecular biology and structural cell biology must merge into a single . And Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA .. For example, biological machines could be used to identify and destroy cancer cells.