Microtubules have plus and minus ends and researchers have
observed dynein moving from the plus end to the minus.
Not exact matches
They used this novel simulation approach to build a model of a sperm cell that demonstrates cellular movement from individual
dynein protein molecules in the tail all the way up to the whole cell, allowing them to
observe how changes at the atomic level are reflected in larger - scale structures.
«Previously,
dynein movement had only been tracked by attaching fluorescent molecules to the proteins and
observing the fluorescence using very powerful light microscopes.
Despite this hard work from
dynein, in roughly one - quarter of the cells
observed, the spindle was misaligned, even after the paired chromosomes were pulled to opposite sides of the cell in late anaphase.