Cytoskeleton
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
- 2 a microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence wordnet
Example
More examples"Thus, large systems such as viruses, multienzyme complexes, cell-cytoskeleta and flagella are usually constructed from multiple copies of the same protein."
Etymology
From cyto- + skeleton.
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