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kinesin

noun ki·ne·sin \ki-ˈnē-sən\

Medical Definition of KINESIN

:  an ATPase similar to dynein that functions as a motor protein in the intracellular transport especially of cell organelles and molecules (as mitochondria and proteins) along microtubules

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