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microtubule

(genetic biology)

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  • Grammar: noun
    plural:
    microtubules
  • Definition: a cylindrical hollow structure made of protein, which occurs throughout the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells
  • Example:
    1. Microtubules help give shape to many cells and are major components of protozoans such as cilia and flagella.

    2. Spindle fibres made from tubulin microtubules attach to the centromere of chromosomes during cell division.


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