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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...
- of the cytoskeletons, the
microfilaments contain the
thinnest filaments, with a
diameter of
approximately 7 nm.
Microfilaments are part of the cytoskeleton...
- in the
various organisms. It is
composed of
three main components:
microfilaments,
intermediate filaments, and microtubules, and
these are all capable...
- 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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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...
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inside plasma membrane)
which attaches both cells'
microfilaments.
Desmosomes attach to the
microfilaments of
cytoskeleton made up of
keratin protein. Hemidesmosomes...
- 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...
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Microfilaments and ABPs
Intermediate filaments Microtubules and MAPs
Catenins Alpha catenin Beta
catenin APC
Plakoglobin (gamma catenin)
Delta catenin...
