Revolutionary - Michael Behe's Revolutionary Ideas

The Workhorse of the Cell

Masterpieces of microengineering, kinesins are motorized transport machines that move cellular materials to their correct locations in the cell so they can perform their functions. Kinesins have two feet, or “globular heads,” that literally walk, one foot over another. Known as the “workhorses of the cell,” kinesins can carry cargo many times their own size.

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Revolutionary - Michael Behe's Revolutionary IdeasDiscovery Institute presents MICHAEL BEHE • PAUL NELSON • STEPHEN MEYER • SCOTT MINNICH • GÜNTER BECHLY • JOHN WEST in REVOLUTIONARY written and directed by JOHN WEST edited by JOHN WEST & RACHEL ALDRICH narrated by WILLIAM TATE animation by JOSEPH CONDEELIS script consultants MICHAEL BEHE • ANN GAUGER • SCOTT MINNICH • STEPHEN MEYER • JONATHAN WELLS
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