Cargo surface fluidity can reduce inter-motor mechanical interference, promote load-sharing and enhance processivity in teams of molecular motors

• Niranjan Sarpangala,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Physics, and Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Machines, University of California, Merced, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0947-1488

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• Ajay Gopinathan

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: agopinathan@ucmerced.edu

  Affiliation Department of Physics, and Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Machines, University of California, Merced, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9369-8780

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