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microfilament
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microfilament [¦mī·krō′fil·ə·mənt]
(cell and molecular biology)
One of the cytoplasmic fibrous structures, about 5 nanometers in diameter, virtually identical to actin; thought to be important in the processes of phagocytosis and pinocytosis.


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Role of actin microfilaments in Black Creek Canal virus morphogenesis.
Bending of the neural plate during mouse spinal neurulation is independent of actin microfilaments.
bundles of intracytoplasmic microfilaments with dense bodies that run parallel to the long axis of the cell (stress fibers)
 
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