n :  an ATPase that cross-links adjacent microtubules and that by controlling their relative sliding motion regulates the movement of cellular organelles, the movement of chromosomes to the poles of the spindle in mitosis and meiosis, and the beating of cilia and flagella .
 
   
 
Similar sounding terms:  tan·nin 
 
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