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Microtubule Motor Traffic Jams

Quantum Dot Labeled Kinesin-1 Walking Along a Microtubule

Quantum Dot Labeled Kinesin-1 Walking Along a Microtubule

Figure 1. This time series depicts a single kinesin-1 motor labeled with a quantum dot (green) walking processively along a microtubule (red). Images were acquired using Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence (TIRF) Microscopy. Scale bar: 1 m.

Credits: Leslie Conway, ICE IGERT trainee