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protofilament — Basic element of a contractile flagellar microtubule, approximately 5 nm thick. [proto + L. filum, a thread] * * * pro·to·fil·a·ment fil ə mənt n one of several filaments composing a subunit of a microtubule … Medical dictionary
Kinesin 13 — The Kinesin 13 Family are a subfamily of the molecular motor proteins known as kinesins. Most kinesins transport materials or cargo around the cell while traversing along microtubule polymer tracks with the help of ATP hydrolysis created energy.… … Wikipedia
Microtubule — Space filling model of a microtubule segment derived from cryo electron microscopy. The protofilaments are seen running along the axis of the segment. The microtubule (+) end is towards the top of the image.[1] Microtubules are a component of the … Wikipedia
Alpha sheet — The alpha sheet (also known as an alpha pleated sheet or a polar pleated sheet) is a hypothetical secondary structure in proteins, first proposed by Linus Pauling and Robert Corey in 1951.Pauling, L. Corey, R. B. (1951). The pleated sheet, a new… … Wikipedia
Microtubules — Microtubule Les microtubules sont des fibres constitutives du cytosquelette, au même titre que les microfilaments d actine et que les filaments intermédiaires. Ils ont un diamètre d environ 25 nm et une longueur variable du fait de leur dynamique … Wikipédia en Français
Lámina alfa — Diagrama de los patrones de los enlaces de hidrógeno en la estructura de lámina alfa. Los átomos de oxígeno se muestran en rojo y los de nitrógeno en azul; las líneas punteadas representan los enlaces de hidrógeno. Los grupos R representan la… … Wikipedia Español
Discovery and development of tubulin inhibitors — Tubulin inhibitors interfere directly with the tubulin system which is in contrast to those drugs acting on DNA for cancer chemotherapy. Microtubules play an important role in eukaryotic cells. Alpha and beta tubulin, the main components of… … Wikipedia
Cell nucleus — HeLa cells stained for the cell nucleus DNA with the Blue Hoechst dye. The central and rightmost cell are in interphase, thus their entire nuclei are labeled. On the left, a cell is going through mitosis and its DNA has condensed ready for… … Wikipedia
Flagellum — For the insect anatomical structure, see Antenna (biology). For the flagella of male Solifugae, see Solifugae. Flagella Code TH H1.00.01.1.01032 A flagellum ( … Wikipedia
Microfilament — Actin cytoskeleton of mouse embryo fibroblasts, stained with Fluorescein isothiocyanate phalloidin Microfilaments ( or actin filaments) are the thinnest filaments of the cytoskeleton, a structure found in the cytoplasm of all eukaryotic cells.… … Wikipedia
