3) A major method of intracellular transport involves motor proteins interacting with microtubules. In your own words, describe how kinesin and dynein transport materials around inside a cell (for example: up and down a long axon connecting the cell body with the axon terminal). What are the major similarities between these two proteins? What is the major difference? What would happen if microtubules were not polarized?
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