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microfilament

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microfilament /mi·cro·fil·a·ment/ (-fil´ah-ment) any of the submicroscopic filaments composed chiefly of actin, found in the cytoplasmic matrix of almost all cells, often with the microtubules.
mi·cro·fil·a·ment (mkr-fl-mnt)
n.
Any of the minute fibers located throughout the cytoplasm of cells, composed of actin and functioning primarily in maintaining the structural integrity of a cell.

microfilament
[-fil′əmənt]
any of the finest of the fibrous cellular filaments, such as the tonofibrils, found in the cytoplasm of most cells, that function primarily as a supportive system. Compare microtubule.

microfilament
any of the submicroscopic filaments composed chiefly of actin, found in the cytoplasmic matrix of almost all cells, often in close association with the microtubules.


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