Cytoskeleton Definition

sītə-skĕlĭ-tn
noun
A flexible network of various kinds of protein filaments, as microtubules, in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells, providing structure for the cell and helping with normal cell activity, esp. with movement and cellular division.
Webster's New World

(cytology) A cellular structure like a skeleton, contained within the cytoplasm.

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Noun

Singular:
cytoskeleton
Plural:
cytoskeletons

Cytoskeleton Sentence Examples

  • These cells appear to depend heavily on an internal system of cross-linked proteins, called the tubulin cytoskeleton, to maintain their shape.

  • My work encompasses the cell cycle, cell motility and the cytoskeleton and is mainly focussed on aspects of late mitosis and cytokinesis.

  • Phagocytosis is an uptake mechanism based on a complex rearrangement of the actin cytoskeleton that delivers large extracellular particles into intracellular vacuoles.

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Words Starting With

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