Kinesin Team (IMAGE)

Rice University

Kinesin Team

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From left, Rice University bioengineers Kenneth Jamison, Michael Diehl and Jonathan Driver developed a sensitive set of tools to measure the pulling power of the motor protein kinesin. They found kinesin didn't work well in pairs -- in part because it was so effective on its own.

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Jeff Fitlow/Rice University

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