Mechanisms, Methods of Tracking and Applications of DNA Walkers: A Review.

The front cover artwork is provided by Julián Valero and Marko Škugor from Aarhus University and University of Bonn. The image shows an ad libitum representation of a new class of artificial molecular motors, coined as DNA walkers, on an athletic track testing their performance i.e. speed, directionality and progressivity. Read the full text of the Review at 10.1002/cphc.202000235.

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