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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Those cells reveal some eukaryote-like features (opens a new tab), such as a cytoskeleton built with the protein actin.
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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
This includes a framework called the cytoskeleton that gives the cell its shape.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
All cells have lots of adjustable pieces in their cytoskeletons and gene regulatory networks that can be set in different conformations and can inform behavior later on.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
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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
This includes a framework called the cytoskeleton that gives the cell its shape.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
All cells have lots of adjustable pieces in their cytoskeletons and gene regulatory networks that can be set in different conformations and can inform behavior later on.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
See all Example Sentences for cytoskeleton
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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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