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Kinesin Protein (lemmy.ml)
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Always walking with happiness hormons to help if you are down

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[-] yeahiknow3@lemmings.world 10 points 3 months ago

Fast relative to what? The point is that the kinesin protein doesn’t “walk” any more than floating debris “swims.”

[-] Jordan117@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Relative to the speed shown in the visualizations. The pop-sci animations look like it takes one step every second or so, while in reality they do hundreds per second.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

And they stop, pause, and can go backwards.

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