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motor

In cell biology, a complex of structures responsible for intracellular movement, e.g. the microtubule-anchored spindle motor, the actomyosin engine. Gelfand, V.I. and Scholey, J.M. (1992) Nature (London) 359, 480-481; Cooke, R. (1995) FASEB J. 9, 636-642; Hasson, T. and Mooseker, M.S. (1995) Curr. Opin. Cell Biol. 7, 587-594
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