Journal Editors Have a Sense of Humor
Side By Side: Blind Boy Fuller and Biophysical Journal Or at least a sense of history. The covers of scientific journals are usually staid, snooze-worthy affairs. But every now and again, one displays a sense of humor. Take, for instance, the March 19, 2013 issue of Biophysical Journal. On its cover is a clear homage to the cover of Blind Boy Fuller's LP "Truckin' My Blues Away," illustrated by Robert Crumb. The cover is not the result of a psychotic break, however. Just as Robert Crumb's character has his distinctive gait, so to does the journal cover subject, myosin V. Myosin V is one of a class of ATP-dependent molecular motors found in eukaryotic cells. These motors use ATP to "walk" in an exaggerated gait up or down a cell's actin filaments, sometimes acting as a transport mechanism by dragging cellular organelles with them. Recent research suggests that myosin...