Cytoskeleton Flashcards
_________ maintain cell-shape by bearing tension, while ________ resist compression.
Intermediate filaments; microtubules
The cytoskeleton is composed of _______ filaments
Protein
Structure made up of microfilaments
Double helix
How do intermediate filaments organize the tridimensional structure of the cell?
By anchoring organelles and serving as structural components of the nuclear lamina and sacromeres
Kinesiology moves to the _____ end.
Plus
________ for neurotransmitters localize to cilia
Receptors
_____ epithelium contains microtubules
Ciliated
Each doublet is connected by _____ and stabilized by _______
Nexin; dynein
Tau is abnormal in __________
Alzheimer’s disease
Intermediate filaments that form a network surrounding the nucleus are called the __________
Nuclear lamina
Nine microtubule doublets, with two microtubules in the center
Axoneme
Are microtubules or actin molecules more rigid?
Microtubules
Does actin contract?
No
Microtubules play a key role in:
Intracellular Transport
The axoneme of cilia and flagella
The mitosis spindle
Synthesis of the cell wall in plants
Most abundant protein in most eukaryotic cells
Actin filaments
Intermediate filaments help to resist _______ and increase cellular ________
Stress; cellular stability
What organelle travels on microtubules?
Mitichondria
Cilia is prevent in which system?
Respiratory
How many protofilaments make up a microtubule?
13
Subunit examples of microfilaments.
Actin
Type of Rho family GTP- binding protein that control of lampelipodia.
Rac
Microtubules work separately to provide tracks on which organelles can travel from the center of the cell _____.
Outward
Which end is more stable the plus or minus end?
minus
Colchicine is used as a treatment for _____.
Gout
The plus end of tubulin subunits is on the _____.
Peripheral
Kartagener’s syndrome is due to ________
Abnormal ciliary dyenin
Actin filaments act as tracks for the movement of ________ molecules that attach to the microfilament and “walk” along them.
myosin
. G- actin uncleared into __________
Filamentous actin