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The Winch Model Can Explain both Coordinated and Uncoordinated Stepping of Cytoplasmic Dynein

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Tension on the linker gates the ATP-dependent release of dynein from microtubules

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Big steps toward understanding dynein

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Functions and mechanics of dynein motor proteins

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The 2.8 Å crystal structure of the dynein motor domain

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Insights into dynein motor domain function from a 3.3-Å crystal structure

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Dynein achieves processive motion using both stochastic and coordinated stepping

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Chemomechanical Coupling and Motor Cycles of Myosin V

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Cytoplasmic Dynein Moves Through Uncoordinated Stepping of the AAA+ Ring Domains

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Structural and Functional Insights into the Myosin Motor Mechanism

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Biased motion and molecular motor properties of bipedal spiders

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AAA+ Ring and Linker Swing Mechanism in the Dynein Motor

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Walking the walk: how kinesin and dynein coordinate their steps

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Kinetic models for the coordinated stepping of cytoplasmic dynein

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A synthetic small molecule that can walk down a track

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The mechanisms of kinesin motor motility: lessons from the monomeric motor KIF1A

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Helix sliding in the stalk coiled coil of dynein couples ATPase and microtubule binding

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Processive Movement by a Kinesin Heterodimer with an Inactivating Mutation in One Head†

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Structure and Functional Role of Dynein's Microtubule-Binding Domain

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