📚 noun • entry_id 27990
cytoskeleton
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citoesqueleto
A matrix of intercellular protein, in the forms of microfilaments and microtubules, that provide some rigidity to cells
Judged from Electron-Microscopy (EM) studies of bilayer depleted cytoskeleta the spectrin/actin network exhibits basically a hexagonal (triangular) topology.
Thus, large systems such as viruses, multienzyme complexes, cell-cytoskeleta and flagella are usually constructed from multiple copies of the same protein.
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