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Molecular Mind in Cellular Motors 6: The Very Talented Dynein Motor
Dynein is a vastly more complex motor than kinesin. It walks along microtubules carrying vesicles, RNA granules, mitochondria, signaling complexes, and even large full chromosomes. It moves the entire cell nucleus during immune cell movement and manages the extraordinarily complex choreography of chromosome separation during cell division. It is a motor with awareness of what each situation requires. Dynein is enormous. Including its essential additional dynactin complex, i
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