Kinesin Motors (IMAGE)

Rice University

Kinesin Motors

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Rice University researchers tethered pairs of kinesin motor proteins to plastic beads and measured their pulling power. They found the two-legged proteins, which are relatively fast and efficient on their own, had trouble keeping up with one another when they were connected.

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Kenneth Jamison/Rice University

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