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 (d  n n , -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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