MICROFILAMENT


Meaning of MICROFILAMENT in English

n.

Pronunciation: ˌ m ī -kr ō - ' fi-l ə -m ə nt

Function: noun

Date: 1963

: any of the minute actin-containing protein filaments of eukaryotic cytoplasm that function in maintaining structure and in intracellular movement

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