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Actin is a globular protein that polymerize helicaly forming actin filaments (or microfilaments), which like the other two components of the cellular cytoskeleton form a three-dimensional network inside an eukariotic cell. Actin filaments provide mechanical support for the cell, determine the cell shape, enable cell movements (through pseudopods); and participate in certain cell junctions, in cytoplasmic streaming and in contraction of the cell during cytokinesis. ...
Ãâó: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actin_filament
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| actin filament |
Protein filament, about 7 nm thick, formed from a chain of globular actin molecules. A major constituent of the cytoskeleton of all eucaryotic cells and especially abundant in muscle cells.
Ãâó: www.cytokinetics.com/cyto/glossary
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