In contrast to conventional hard actuators, soft actuators offer many vivid advantages, such
as improved flexibility, adaptability, and reconfigurability, which are intrinsic to living …

Photoresponsive nucleic acids attract growing interest as functional constituents in materials
science. Integration of photoisomerizable units into DNA strands provides an ideal handle …

Gene transcription by RNA polymerase II (Pol II) is the first step in the expression of the
eukaryotic genome and a focal point for cellular regulation during development …

Nano-and micromotors are nano-and microscale devices, respectively, designed to perform
selected mechanical movements (eg, rotation, rolling, shuttling, delivery, contraction, and …

Motility often plays a decisive role in the survival of species. Five systems of motility have
been studied in depth: those propelled by bacterial flagella, eukaryotic actin polymerization …

RNA polymerase (RNAP) moves along DNA while carrying out transcription, acting as a
molecular motor. Transcriptional velocities for single molecules of Escherichia coli RNAP …

The control over comonomer sequences is barely studied in macromolecular science
nowadays. This is an astonishing situation, taking into account that sequence-defined …

Individual molecular motors, or motor proteins, are enzymatic molecules that convert
chemical energy, typically obtained from the hydrolysis of ATP (adenosine triphosphate) …

DNA nanotechnology relies on the structural and functional information encoded in nucleic
acids. Specifically, the sequence‐guided reconfiguration of nucleic acids by auxiliary …

Models for replication and transcription often display polymerases that track like locomotives
along their DNA templates. However, recent evidence supports an alternative model in …