Dynein works by walking along tracks within the cell called microtubules, mostly heading toward the center of the cell. Kinesin is another type of motor protein, like dynein, but it generally ...

All three types of motor protein (dynein, myosin, and kinesin) are "two-footed" and use the energy from breaking chemical bonds to generate movement. "The myosin and kinesin motors work by walking ...

"We discovered that two molecular motors -- dynein and kinesin -- do not compete for control, even though they want to move the same cargo in opposite directions," said Paul Selvin, a professor of ...

New research from the Salk Institute and UC San Diego captured short movies of Lis1 "turning on" dynein. The movies allowed the team to catalog 16 shapes that the two proteins take as they ...

This contrasts with dynein, which is another member of the of cytoskeletal motor protein family that transports its cargo towards the minus end of the microtubule. Structurally, kinesin exists as ...

The complex cytoskeleton of cells is made up microtubule filaments. Motor proteins, which include dynein and kinesin, can move along these tubules to transport cargo into and out of the center of the ...

Intimately linked to this degradation is active transport of the phagosome inside cells by nanoscale "Motor" proteins such as Dynein and Kinesin, which are force generators for many kinds of ...

Gregory Smith, PhD, Professor of Microbiology-Immunology Like many viruses, herpes hops on train tracks in the cell called microtubules and uses protein engines called dynein and kinesin to move ...