cytoskeleton Flashcards
What is the cytoskeleton?
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What are the cytoskeleton components?
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How big are actin filaments? Describe their structure. What is their diameter?
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How big are microtubules? Describe structure. Diameter? What makes up a mictotubule?
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Intermediate filaments size? Structure?
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What makes the cytoskeleton so dynamic?
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Describe the process of depolymerisation of tubulin?
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What do microtubules have at the end to keep them stable?
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What do intermediate filaments confer?
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What type of intermediate filaments are found in nucleus?
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What type of intermediate filaments are found in vimentin-like cells? Epithelial cells? Axonal cells?
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What structural components do microfilaments share? How do they associate with eachother? What makes up a filament?
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What does a mutated truncated keratin gene cause?
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What do we need the cytoskeleton for?
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In what direction do vesicles containing dynein move? How about kinesin?
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