Molecular Motor Proteins
Ron Vale Part 1: The three families of molecular motors, kinesin, dynein and myosin are introduced. The biological activities executed by these motors as well as what is known about their mechanisms of action are discussed. This is a good lecture for undergraduate cell biology students learning about intracellular transport.
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Dynein Function
Ron Vale Part 2: This research lecture focuses on how dynein works. Experiments and models are discussed in more detail. A good lecture for graduate students particularly biophysics students.



Ron ValePart 3: This lecture is on the role of motor proteins in mitosis. Vale describes an RNAi screen used to identify new proteins important in regulating mitosis. Suitable for graduate students. There are no Teaching Tools for this part of the lecture.
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