cytoskeleton
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təˈskɛl noun Cell Biology.
a shifting lattice arrangement of structural and contractile components distributed throughout the cell cytoplasm, composed of microtubules, microfilaments, and larger filaments, functioning as a structural support and transport mechanism.
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| a network of fibrous proteins that governs the shape and movement of a biological cell | |
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Medical Dictionary
cytoskeleton cy·to·skel·e·ton (sī'tə-skěl'ĭ-tn)
n.
The internal framework of a cell, composed largely of actin filaments and microtubules.
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Science Dictionary
| cytoskeleton (sī'tə-skěl'ĭ-tn) Pronunciation Key
The internal framework of a cell, composed of a network of protein filaments and extending throughout the fluid of the cell (the cytosol). The cytoskeleton consists mainly of actin filaments and microtubules and plays an important role in cell movement, shape, growth, division, and differentiation, as well as in the movement of organelles within the cell. All eukaryotic cells have a cytoskeleton. |
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Example sentences
The cytoskeleton, composed of filaments and microtubules, anchors the organelles and gives a cell its shape.
Prokaryotes have versions of the proteins that make up this cytoskeleton but form nothing so elaborate.
Nuclei are stained red and the actin cytoskeleton is stained green.
The role of the cytoskeleton in shape generation and maintenance is important .
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