BIOL 311 Study Guide - Final Guide: Keratin, Molecular Tweezers, Meiosis

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Cytoskeleton - complex network of laments in the cytoplasm and the nucleus. Not static like your skeleton, but rather dynamic. Compare difference between deformation (length of how long it gets before it snaps) We plot length on y axis and u on x axis - Almost 90 line we see we can stretch it quite a bit (microtubules) Microtubules and intermediate filaments - found in neuronal axons and are responsible for maintaining structure: micro laments. Involved in microvilli > microvilli will collapse. Actin laments are around the whole cortex. Of the three, they are the largest ~25 nm. Called intermediate because are intermediate in size. I. e keratin laments - are associated with desmosomes. Can see these laments __ from desmosomes. Not involved in long range transport of organelles. Microvilli structure is due to the presence of f-actin. Adherens belt - moving cells rely on actin laments. Generated as a consequence of transcription and translation of 6 genes in humans.

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