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Vinony

cytoskeleton

noun

  1. any of the various filamentous elements that form the internal framework of cells
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos)lbor. English cyto- English skeleton English cytoskeleton From cyto- + skeleton.

  1. A matrix of intercellular protein, in the forms of microfilaments and microtubules, that provide some rigidity to cells

    “Thus, large systems such as viruses, multienzyme complexes, cell-cytoskeleta and flagella are usually constructed from multiple copies of the same protein.”

    “Judged from Electron-Microscopy (EM) studies of bilayer depleted cytoskeleta the spectrin/actin network exhibits basically a hexagonal (triangular) topology.”