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The Inner Life of the Cell Animation (www.youtube.com)
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Still amazing after 18 years ... (this is only part of it)

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[–] MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

That's kinesin, a motor protein that literally walks along microtubules to transport cargo through the cell - it's one of the coolest examples of molecular machines in biology and uses ATP as fuel for each step!