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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
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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One version forms the dynein arms, whose motion whips 9+2 cilia back and forth.
Twirl Those Organs into Place by TRAVIS, JOHN / Science News
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