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Biophysics

the fraction of its cycle that a molecular motor head stays bound to its track, separating processive motors from those that work in large teams.

In biophysics, duty ratio refers to the fraction of its cycle that a molecular motor head stays bound to its track, separating processive motors from those that work in large teams. This meaning comes from Howard (1997) in Nature.[1]

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References

Howard, J. (1997). Molecular motors: structural adaptations to cellular functions. Nature, 389(6651), 561-567. https://doi.org/10.1038/39247

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