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- noun biochemistry Any of a class of
proteins that convertchemical intomechanical energy and power the movement ofvesicles andorganelles alongmicrotubules
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Examples
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This is the FedEx delivery guy of the cell: this little guy is called the kinesin, and he pulls a sack that's full of brand new manufactured proteins to wherever it's needed in the cell -- whether it's to a membrane, whether it's to an organelle, whether it's to build something or repair something.
David Bolinsky animates a cell David Bolinsky 2007
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This is the FedEx delivery guy of the cell: this little guy is called the kinesin, and he pulls a sack that's full of brand new manufactured proteins to wherever it's needed in the cell -- whether it's to a membrane, whether it's to an organelle, whether it's to build something or repair something.
David Bolinsky animates a cell David Bolinsky 2007
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This is the FedEx delivery guy of the cell: this little guy is called the kinesin, and he pulls a sack that's full of brand new manufactured proteins to wherever it's needed in the cell -- whether it's to a membrane, whether it's to an organelle, whether it's to build something or repair something.
David Bolinsky animates a cell David Bolinsky 2007
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The researchers created high-resolution snapshots of a protein motor, called kinesin, as it walked along a microtubule, which are tube-shaped structures that form a cell's "skeleton."
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Another kind of motor, known as kinesin, moves things away from the nucleus and toward the cell periphery.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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The researchers created high-resolution snapshots of a protein motor, called kinesin, as it walked along a microtubule, which are tube-shaped structures that form a cell's "skeleton."
Science Blog BJS 2010
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Another kind of motor, known as kinesin, moves things away from the nucleus and toward the cell periphery.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The researchers created high-resolution snapshots of a protein motor, called kinesin, as it walked along a microtubule, which are tube-shaped structures that form a cell's "skeleton."
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Another kind of motor, known as kinesin, moves things away from the nucleus and toward the cell periphery.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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Another kind of motor, known as kinesin, moves things away from the nucleus and toward the cell periphery.
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