cytoskeleton

noun

1. A matrix of intercellular protein, in the forms of microfilaments and microtubules, that provide some rigidity to cells

   “Thus, large systems such as viruses, multienzyme complexes, cell-cytoskeleta and flagella are usually constructed from multiple copies of the same protein.”

   “Judged from Electron-Microscopy (EM) studies of bilayer depleted cytoskeleta the spectrin/actin network exhibits basically a hexagonal (triangular) topology.”

   “In this process, cellular debris and cytoskeleta of the lysed cells were effectively removed, and the underlying ECM remained intact and adhered to the entire area of the tissue culture dish.”

   “Cells including leukocytes are not just bags of cytosol, but have structured cytoskeleta, surface structures, and different viscoelastic properties at different length and time scales.”

   “One may consider then the resulting forms as due to the plasticity of organismal development, as cytoskeleta seem shaped, not just selected, also by gravity.”