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motor protein
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motor protein,
protein that moves along a surface, propelled by the energy of adenosine triphosphate hydrolysis.


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The experiment has confirmed the feasibility of a proposed delivery system to transport specific molecules using artificially synthesized DNAs and chemically energized motor proteins, typically found in muscles and nerve cells, which are capable of moving autonomously by converting chemical energy into mechanical work.
The book will be useful for cell biologists examining the function of motor proteins in a range of model organisms using both in vitro and in vivo techniques.
Located within dendrites and axonal projections, microtubules serve as tracks for the transportation of post-Golgi vesicles by microtubule bound motor proteins (such as kinesin and dynein).
 
 
 
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