What is the difference between microfilaments, intermediate filaments and microtubules?

Q: What is membrane?

A: The cell is the smallest and fundamental unit of life. Every living being made up of cells and it is…

Q: What are the major functions of cilia and microvilli?

A: A cilia is an organelle which is found in eukaryotic cells. They are basically projections from the…

Q: Are actin filaments subject to the same "dynamic instability" as microtubules? Yes or no? b)Explain…

A: Microtubules are the polymeric structure of tubulin that helps to form the skeleton of filaments and…

Q: Are gap junctions located in all cells?  If not, which cells do not contain gap junctions?

A: Gap junctions are channels that bodily join adjoining cells, mediating the fast change of small…

Q: Which organelles have membranes that are very intricately folded? What is the importance of this…

A: The cells are the structural and functional unit of an organism that perform all the physiological…

Q: What are the morphological, chemical and functional similarities and differences between lysosomes…

A: Lysosomes: It is a membrane-bound cell organelle that contains digestive enzymes. Peroxisomes: It is…

Q: What organelles produces ATP energy?

A: ATP is the energy currency of the cell.  All of the organisms, whether simple or complex require ATP…

Q: What is the Matrix, collagen fibers, reticular fibers, elastic fibers,

A: Connective tissue is one of the animal tissues which is derived from mesoderm of the embryo. It…

Q: What are the functional differences between cilia and flagella?

A: Eukaryotic cells composed of a nucleus and other organelles. Each organelle plays a major role in…

Q: if the membrane composition of the golgi in a cell is incorrect, what could have happened?

A: If the composition of membrane in Golgi body is incorrect then the cell is similar to the cell with…

Q: What are the differences between centrioles and cilia/flagella?

A: In eukaryotic cells, microtubules are filamentous intracellular structures that are responsible for…

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