Usually means: Motor protein, moves along microtubules.
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▸ noun:  (biochemistry) Any of a group of enzymes that hydrolyze ATP and thus provide motive power for motile structures such as microtubules.

Similar:
dynactin, dynamitin, dynamin, kinesin, dytrophin, dystrophin, kinetid, myosin, deoxynucleotidase, dynacortin, more...

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axonemal, cytoplasmic, nuclear, more...

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cytoplasmic dynein, dynein arm, dynein atpase, axonemal dynein, flagellar dynein, more...

Adjectives:
cytoplasmic, outer, flagellar, ciliary, arm, right, headed, purified, isolated, inner, axonemal

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Similar:
dynactin, dynamitin, dynamin, kinesin, dytrophin, dystrophin, kinetid, myosin, deoxynucleotidase, dynacortin, more...

Types:
axonemal, cytoplasmic, nuclear, more...

Phrases:
cytoplasmic dynein, dynein arm, dynein atpase, axonemal dynein, flagellar dynein, ciliary dynein, more...

Adjectives:
cytoplasmic, outer, flagellar, ciliary, arm, right, headed, purified, isolated, inner, axonemal



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