https://padlet.com/ketaraperez/cytoskeleton All About Cytoskeleton en-us 2018-11-01 19:12:18 UTC 2023-03-03 18:37:54 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Soccerball.png ketaraperez https://padlet.com/ketaraperez/cytoskeleton/wish/299551632 The cytoskeleton is located where the cytoplasm comes into contact with the cell membrane. This gives the greatest possible strength and offers the cell the most protection. It is composed of one type structural support tissue: spicules or spongin. Spicules work by forming a structure not unlike a steel framework. .Spongin, on the other hand, is a very flexible structure that is good at taking impact.]]> 2018-11-01 19:12:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ketaraperez/cytoskeleton/wish/299551632 ketaraperez https://padlet.com/ketaraperez/cytoskeleton/wish/299551634 Tubulin has two polypeptide sub-units, and dimers of these sub-units string together to make long strands called protofilaments. Thirteen protofilaments then come together to form the hollow, straw-shaped filaments of microtubules. Microtubules are ever-changing, with reactions constantly adding and subtracting tubulin dimers at both ends of the filament]]> 2018-11-01 19:12:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ketaraperez/cytoskeleton/wish/299551634 ketaraperez https://padlet.com/ketaraperez/cytoskeleton/wish/299551635 The cytoskeleton of eukaryotic cells is made of filamentous proteins, and it provides mechanical support to the cell and its cytoplasmic constituents. All cytoskeletons consist of three major classes of elements that differ in size and in protein composition. Microtubules are the largest type of filament, with a diameter of about 25 nanometers (nm), and they are composed of a protein called tubulin. ]]> 2018-11-01 19:12:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ketaraperez/cytoskeleton/wish/299551635 ketaraperez https://padlet.com/ketaraperez/cytoskeleton/wish/299551636 The cytoskeleton is a structure that helps cells maintain their shape and internal organization. It also provides mechanical support that enables cells to carry out essential functions like division and movement. There is no single cytoskeletal component. Rather, several different components work together to form the cytoskeleton.]]> 2018-11-01 19:12:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ketaraperez/cytoskeleton/wish/299551636 ketaraperez https://padlet.com/ketaraperez/cytoskeleton/wish/299599316 2018-11-01 21:17:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ketaraperez/cytoskeleton/wish/299599316 ketaraperez https://padlet.com/ketaraperez/cytoskeleton/wish/299600346 2018-11-01 21:21:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ketaraperez/cytoskeleton/wish/299600346 ketaraperez https://padlet.com/ketaraperez/cytoskeleton/wish/299601777 2018-11-01 21:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ketaraperez/cytoskeleton/wish/299601777 ketaraperez https://padlet.com/ketaraperez/cytoskeleton/wish/299601847 2018-11-01 21:28:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ketaraperez/cytoskeleton/wish/299601847 ketaraperez https://padlet.com/ketaraperez/cytoskeleton/wish/299602255 The cytoskeleton is located where the cytoplasm comes into contact with the cell membrane. This gives the greatest possible strength and offers the cell the most protection.  The cytoskeleton is composed of one structural support tissue: spicules or spongin. Spicules work by forming a structure not unlike a steel framework.. Spongin, on the other hand, is a very flexible structure .]]> 2018-11-01 21:30:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ketaraperez/cytoskeleton/wish/299602255 ketaraperez https://padlet.com/ketaraperez/cytoskeleton/wish/299603837 2018-11-01 21:37:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ketaraperez/cytoskeleton/wish/299603837 ketaraperez https://padlet.com/ketaraperez/cytoskeleton/wish/299603935 2018-11-01 21:37:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ketaraperez/cytoskeleton/wish/299603935 ketaraperez https://padlet.com/ketaraperez/cytoskeleton/wish/299604220 Ketara Perez
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