Cytoskeleton: In cells, the microtubules and the filaments (thin, intermediate, and thick) that serve as supportive cytoplasmic elements to stiffen cells or to organize the location and movement of intracellular organelles.
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Cytoskeleton: a microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence.
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Cytoskeleton: network of protein filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm that controls cell shape, maintains intracellular organization, and is involved in cell movement.
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Cytoskeleton: The network of filaments, tubules, and interconnecting filamentous bridges which give shape, structure, and organization to the cytoplasm.
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The following list attempts to classify Cytoskeleton into categories where each line is subset of the next.
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