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Fuli Fan1, Songshen Liu1, Yuting Yan2

  • 1Department of Hematology, The Affiliate Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.

Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
|January 23, 2025
PubMed
Summary

This review explores natural molecular motors and biomimetic designs for cellular trafficking. It covers motor characteristics, artificial system creation, and biological applications.

Keywords:
artificial molecular motorbiological applicationcancerdrug deliveryrotary motion

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