Microtubule Motors and Brakes Work Together (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Microtubule Motors and Brakes Work Together

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Daughter microtubule (red) being formed on mother microtubule (red), within yeast cell (dashed line). Green represents the molecular motors, the kinesin proteins klp2, of each microtubule.

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Phong Tran, PhD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

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