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What is Sliding microtubule hypothesis?

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The sliding microtubule hypothesis explains how cargo (such as amino acids and other small molecules) travel down the minus end of the microtubules (towards the nucleus) by a pair of dynein arms. These dynein arms periodically project out from the peripheral microtubule doublet.

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