Molecular Motors

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Description

Discover what controls how fast tiny molecular motors in our body pull through a single strand of DNA. How hard can the motor pull in a tug of war with the optical tweezers? Discover what helps it pull harder. Do all molecular motors behave the same?

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Teacher-Submitted Activities

Flow stretching and molecular motors A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. Allen Price HS
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How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? This contribution was designed by PhET. Sarah Borenstein MS Other Biology
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MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment Elyse Zimmer MS
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Arabic (Saudi Arabia) All العربية (السعودية) Run now محرك الجزيئات
Basque All Euskara Run now Motore Molekularrak
Bosnian All Bosanski Run now MOLEKULARNI MOTORI (ENZIMI)
Chinese (Simplified) All 中文 (中国) Run now 分子马达
Chinese (Traditional) All 中文 (台灣) Run now 分子馬達
Croatian All hrvatski Run now Djelovanje enzima
Danish All Dansk Run now Molekylære motorer
Dutch All Nederlands Run now Moleculaire motors
French All français Run now Moteurs moléculaires
Georgian All ქართული Run now მოლეკულური ძრავი
German All Deutsch Run now Molekularmotor
Greek All Ελληνικά Run now Μοριακοί Κινητήρες
Hebrew All עברית Run now מנועים מולקיולרים
Hungarian All magyar Run now Molekuláris motorok
Indonesian All Bahasa Indonesia Run now Penggerak Molekuler
Irish All Gaeilge Run now Mótair mhóilíneacha
Italian All italiano Run now Motori molecolari
Japanese All 日本語 Run now 分子モーター
Kazakh All Kazakh Run now Молекулалық қозғағыштар
Khmer All Khmer Run now Molecular Motors
Korean All 한국어 Run now 분자모터
Macedonian All македонски Run now Молекуларни мотори
Mongolian All Монгол (Монгол) Run now Molecular Motors
Persian All فارسی Run now موتورهای مولکولی
Polish All polski Run now Silniki molekularne
Portuguese All português Run now Molecular Motors
Portuguese (Brazil) All português (Brasil) Run now Motores Moleculares
Russian All русский Run now Молекулярные моторы
Serbian All Српски Run now МОЛЕКУЛАРНИ МОТОРИ (ЕНЗИМИ)
Slovak All Slovenčina Run now Molekulárne motory
Slovenian All Slovenščina Run now Molekularni motor
Spanish All español Run now Motores Moleculares
Spanish (Mexico) All español (México) Run now Motores Moleculares
Spanish (Peru) All español (Perú) Run now Motores Moleculares
Swahili All Swahili Run now mota za molekule
Thai All ไทย Run now Molecular Motors
Turkish All Türkçe Run now Moleküler Motorlar
Turkmen All Turkmen Run now Molekulýar motorlar
Vietnamese All Tiếng Việt Run now Động cơ phân tử

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Design Team Third-party Libraries Thanks To
  • Kathy Perkins
  • Chris Malley
  • Tom Perkins
  • Mike Dubson
  • Wendy Adams
  • Meredith Betterton
  • JFreeChart
  • Piccolo