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Microfilaments, also
called actin filaments, are
protein filaments in the
cytoplasm of
eukaryotic cells that form part of the cytoskeleton. They are primarily...
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Actin is a
family of
globular multi-functional
proteins that form
microfilaments in the cytoskeleton, and the thin
filaments in
muscle fibrils. It is found...
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various organisms. It is
composed of
three main components:
microfilaments,
intermediate filaments, and microtubules, and
these are all capable...
- of the cytoskeletons, the
microfilaments contain the
thinnest filaments, with a
diameter of
approximately 7 nm.
Microfilaments are part of the cytoskeleton...
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membrane of the cell and is the
primary area of
actin incorporation or
microfilament formation of the cell.
Lamellipodia are
found primarily in all mobile...
- move,
change shape, or
transport materials. The
motor structures are
microfilaments of
actin and actin-binding proteins,
including α-actinin, fimbrin, and...
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because their average diameter (10 nm) is
between those of
narrower microfilaments (actin) and
wider myosin filaments found in
muscle cells, the diameter...
- and bind on the
cytoplasmic side to ****ociated
proteins attached to
microfilaments of the cytoskeleton. The name
integrin is
based on the word integrate...
- thin.
Filopodia are slender, thread-like, and are
supported largely by
microfilaments.
Lobopodia are
bulbous and amoebic.
Reticulopodia are
complex structures...
- is a
protein that in
humans is
encoded by the ESPN gene.
Espin is a
microfilament binding protein.
Espin is a
multifunctional actin-bundling protein....
