motor protein

collocation in English

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motor
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈməʊ.tər/us
/ˈmoʊ.t̬ɚ/
mainly UK
connected with cars or other vehicles that have engines and ...
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protein
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈprəʊ.tiːn/us
/ˈproʊ.tiːn/
one of the many substances found in food such as meat, cheese, fish, or eggs, that is necessary for the body to grow and ...
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(Definition ofmotorandproteinfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Dynein: an ancientmotorproteininvolved in multiple modes of transport.
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In this way, the traction force of amotorprotein, for example, can be directly measured.
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At the base of the bacterial flagellum, where it enters the cell membrane, amotorproteinacts as a rotary engine.
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Monastrol was shown to inhibit kinesin-5, amotorproteinand was used to gain new insights into the functions of kinesin-5.
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The complex is bound by amotorproteinand is transported to the target location (neurite extension) along the cytoskeleton.
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This gene encodes amotorproteinthat is part of the kinesin superfamily.
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Prestin is themotorproteinof the outer hair cells of the inner ear of the mammalian cochlea.
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Specifically, a short peptide 15-amino-acid sequence from the cytoplasmic carboxy-terminus is necessary for interaction with themotorprotein.
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Themotorproteinprestin, expressed in mammalian cochlear outer hair cells, produces mechanical amplification in the cochlea.
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Two-water catalytic models also are proposed in a divergentmotorprotein, myosin, and observed experimentally in one of its crystal structures.
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With the onset of prophase, themotorprotein, dynein, provides the majority of the force required to pull the two centrosomes apart.
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A different type ofmotorproteinknown as dyneins, move towards the minus end of the microtubule.
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Several groups have recently identified microtubule motor proteins involved in plus-end-directed movement that may serve to transpor t materials to the photoreceptor outer segments.
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Presently, we have no understanding about the arrangement of microtubules or the distribution of associated motor proteins in the octopus retina.
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This may give us some information such as for the molecular mechanism of motor proteins.
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It is thought that the growing plus end of the microtubule attaches directly to themotorproteinof the opposite pronucleus, triggering a reorganization of the proteins at the half-bridge.
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Mitotic spindle poles are organized by structural and motor proteins in addition to centrosomes.
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Ultimately, disruption of the oocyte's energy supply by interference with the distribution of mitochondria will alter the motor proteins of the spindle.
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The molecular biology of hair cells has seen considerable progress in recent years, with the identification of themotorprotein(prestin) that underlies somatic electromotility in the outer hair cells.
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Such amotorproteinwould be able to move a cargo within that device, via protein dynamics, similarly to how kinesin moves various molecules along tracks of microtubules inside cells.
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