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cytoskeleton

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12 lettersPart of speech nounSorted ceeklnoosttyStarts with CEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence

Word origin

From cyto- + skeleton.

Used in a sentence

  • Thus, large systems such as viruses, multienzyme complexes, cell-cytoskeleta and flagella are usually constructed from multiple copies of the same protein.
  • Judged from Electron-Microscopy (EM) studies of bilayer depleted cytoskeleta the spectrin/actin network exhibits basically a hexagonal (triangular) topology.
  • In this process, cellular debris and cytoskeleta of the lysed cells were effectively removed, and the underlying ECM remained intact and adhered to the entire area of the tissue culture dish.

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