Myosin VI is a processive motor with a large step size.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on November 13, 2001

Authors

R S Rock1, S E Rice, A L Wells, T J Purcell, J A Spudich, H L Sweeney

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1: Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

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