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Molecular Motors
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Discover what controls how fast tiny molecular motors in our body pull through a single strand of DNA. How hard can the motor pull in a tug of war with the optical tweezers? Discover what helps it pull harder. Do all molecular motors behave the same? |
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Sun Java 1.5.0_19 or later |
Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later |
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