Protofilament

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A filament of polymerized tubulin in a cell, which becomes part of a microtubule

    "The MreB crystal contained a straight, single-stranded protofilament[…]."

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"The MreB crystal contained a straight, single-stranded protofilament[…]."

Etymology

From proto- + filament.

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