A 20-year-old woman arrives at the office with blisters around her lips and a minor burning sensation. She reports regular recurrences of similar lesions, which disappear spontaneously within a few days. She has no medical issues and is not on any drugs. The results of the physical examination are depicted in the figure below. The causal organism of this patient's disease is found to be dormant in the neuronal cell bodies of sensory ganglia. When the virus is reactivated, it travels to the skin through the nerve axon. Which of the following proteins is most likely involved in the disease recurrence transport process?

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A 20-year-old woman arrives at the office with blisters around her lips and a minor burning sensation. She reports regular recurrences of similar lesions, which disappear spontaneously within a few days. She has no medical issues and is not on any drugs. The results of the physical examination are depicted in the figure below.  The causal organism of this patient's disease is found to be dormant in the neuronal cell bodies of sensory ganglia. When the virus is reactivated, it travels to the skin through the nerve axon. Which of the following proteins is most likely involved in the disease recurrence transport process?

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Eductional Objective: Kinesin is a motor protein linked with microtubules that aids in the anterograde movement of materials and organelles within cells. The anterograde transfer of viral particles from neuronal cell bodies in the sensory ganglia to the skin and oral mucosa is required for the reactivation of latent herpes simplex virus.

A 20-Year-Old Woman Arrives at the Office with Blisters Around