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Microfilament:-
Intermediate Filaments.
They are of
Functions→
Microtubule →
• These are elongated unbranched cylindrical tubule.
• They undergo quick growth and degeneration.
• They are about 25nm in diameter with central lumes of 15nm in
diameter.
• The wall of the microtubule is composed of 13 proto filaments
and a helically arranged longitudinal strand.
• Alpha and beta proto filament alternately and spirally arranged.
• Micro-tubules occur singly and
and in bundles in cytoplasm.
• They radiate from centrioles to periphery.
• They form a skeleton of spindle apparatus , cilia, and flagella.
• A unique characteristic of microtubules is the ease with which
they can be broken down and reassembled in another part of the
cell ..
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