cytoskeleton

Noun

cytoskeleton (plural cytoskeletons or cytoskeleta)

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.1981, Leonardo, volume 14, page 311
   • Judged from Electron-Microscopy (EM) studies of bilayer depleted cytoskeleta the spectrin/actin network exhibits basically a hexagonal (triangular) topology.1992, A. Zilker, H. Strey, E. Sackmann, “Erythrocytes Membranes: Tethered Shells with Fluid-Like Deformation Regime”, in Reinhard Lipowsky, Dieter Richter, Kurt Kremer, editors, The Structure and...