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Microfilament |
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A two-stranded helical polymer of the protein actin. Actin filaments are a major component of the contractile apparatus of skeletal muscle and the microfilaments of the cytoskeleton of eukaryotic cells. The filaments, comprising polymerized globular actin molecules, appear as flexible structures with a diameter of 5-9 nm. They are organized into a variety of linear bundles, two-dimensional networks, and three dimensional gels. In the cytoskeleton they are most highly concentrated in the cortex of the cell just beneath the plasma membrane. Reference(s): ISBN:0198506732 PMID:10666339 (GO) |
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http://uri.neuinfo.org/nif/nifstd/sao2006047981 |
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A two-stranded helical polymer of the protein actin. Actin filaments are a major component of the contractile apparatus of skeletal muscle and the microfilaments of the cytoskeleton of eukaryotic cells. The filaments, comprising polymerized globular actin molecules, appear as flexible structures with a diameter of 5-9 nm. They are organized into a variety of linear bundles, two-dimensional networks, and three dimensional gels. In the cytoskeleton they are most highly concentrated in the cortex of the cell just beneath the plasma membrane. Reference(s): ISBN:0198506732 PMID:10666339 (GO) |
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Microfilament |
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Microfilament |
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NIFSTD:sao2006047981 |
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sao2006047981 |
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C0025979 |
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