Motor Protein Traffic (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Motor Protein Traffic

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This image depicts motor protein traffic along a single microtubule highway. Much like vehicular traffic in real life, kinesin motor traffic reduces the velocity of single motors. Multi-motor “cargos,” such as the quantum dot depicted, can stay attached to the microtubule much longer because they can add multiple motors.

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Leslie Conway and Jennifer Ross, UMass Amherst

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