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dynein
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dynein /dy·ne·in/ (di´nēn) an ATP-splitting enzyme essential to the motility of cilia and flagella because of its interactions with microtubules.
dy·nein (dnn, -n-n)
n.
An ATPase associated with motile structures, especially the microtubules.
dynein [di´ne-in]
a protein from the microtubules of cilia and flagella, which functions as an ATP-splitting enzyme and is essential to the motility of cilia and flagella.
dynein
a protein from the microtubules of cilia and flagella which functions as an ATP-splitting enzyme and is essential to the motility of cilia and flagella.
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Afzelius and colleagues showed that in people with Kartagener syndrome, certain cilia are missing protein structures called the dynein arms, which make up the motor that allows the cilia to move.
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