Section outline

  • 3.1  Motor proteins (types, working principles) L8-L9

          3.1.1.Motor proteins classification

          3.1.2. Actin- and microtubule- based motor proteins.

          3.1.3. Force generation by Motor Proteins

          3.1.4. Muscle contraction

      3.1.5. Experiment example: A myosin II nanomachine mimicking the striated muscle

    3.2. Cytoskeleton structure and Force generation by the cytoskeleton. L10

           3.2.1.  Cytoskeleton filaments: types, structure, localization and function

           3.2.2. Cytoskeleton filaments polymerization and depolymerization. 
           3.2.3. Forces generated by polymerization / depolymerization
           3.2.4. Cell motility induced by cytoskeleton filaments, examples.