Proteins provide forces in cells by acting like microscopic gas springs
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 09:00
in Biology & Nature
Together with colleagues in Germany and Amsterdam, researchers at the Laboratory of Cell Biology of Wageningen University have shown how the disorderly movement of proteins provides directed forces in cells. The proteins work like a gas spring, and in their biological environment they behave according to one of the most important laws of physics. The researchers published their study in the journal Cell.