cytoskeleton
noun
cy·to·skel·e·ton
ˌsī-tə-ˈske-lə-tən 
: the network of protein filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm that controls cell shape, maintains intracellular organization, and is involved in cell movement
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The cytoskeleton provides most cells with their shape, structure, and internal organization.
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New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2024
In turn, the cytoskeleton relies on a type of actin protein, called filamentous or F-actin.
—New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2024
Those cells reveal some eukaryote-like features (opens a new tab), such as a cytoskeleton built with the protein actin.
—Quanta Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024
With their photograph, the two neuroscientists at Augusta University showed how disturbances to the structural framework of a cell, known as its cytoskeleton, can lead to diseases like Alzheimer’s and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
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New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2024
In turn, the cytoskeleton relies on a type of actin protein, called filamentous or F-actin.
—New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2024
Those cells reveal some eukaryote-like features (opens a new tab), such as a cytoskeleton built with the protein actin.
—Quanta Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024
With their photograph, the two neuroscientists at Augusta University showed how disturbances to the structural framework of a cell, known as its cytoskeleton, can lead to diseases like Alzheimer’s and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
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cytoskeleton
noun
cy·to·skel·e·ton
ˌsīt-ō-ˈskel-ət-ᵊn
: the network of protein filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm that controls cell shape, maintains intracellular organization, and is involved in cell movement
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