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Cytoskeleton
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09/06/2011

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Elements of the cytoskeleton include: microtubules, thin filaments, ? and ?
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thick filaments and intermediate filaments
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Elements of the cytoskeleton include: microtubules, thin filaments, ? and ?
Definition
thick filaments and intermediate filaments
Term
What end of tubulin grows?
Definition
+ end
Term
What is poisonous and depresses microtubule assembly?
Definition
Colchicine
Term
What is a molecule that is abnormal in Alzheimer's disease and also binds to microtubules?
Definition
Tau
Term
Dynein moves to what end?
Definition
Minus
Term
What direction does Kinesin move to?
Definition
plus end
Term
What contains 9 doublets and 2 microtubules?
Definition
Axoneme
Term
Due to abnormal ciliary dynein what syndrom develops?
Definition
Kartagener's Syndrome
Term
What syndrome results in situs inversus (organs on wrong side of the body)
Definition
Kartagener's Syndrome
Term
Receptors for neurotransmitters and many other molecules localize to?
Definition
cilia
Term
Disruption of the sensory functions of cilia is found in a genetic disorder called?
Definition
Bardet-Biedel syndrome
Term
9 triplets of MTs results in ?
Definition
Centrioles
Term
Microtubules attach to ? ?
Definition
chromosomal kinetochores
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These filaments, like microtubules, can readily disassembled or assembled (so they are labile)
Definition
Actin thin filaments
Term
What intermediate filaments are non-labile, strong structural fibers in epithelial cells?
Definition
Keratins
Term
What intermediate filaments are non-labile strong structural fibers in muscle cells
Definition
Desmin
Term
What intermediate filaments are non-labile strong structures are in connective tissue cells
Definition
Vimentin
Term
What non-labile strong structural fibers that are intermediate filaments that are glial fibrillary acidic protein of astrocytes?
Definition
GFAP
Term
What non-labile strong structural fibers that are intermediate filaments in nerve cells?
Definition
Neurofilaments
Term
What non-labile strong structural fibers that are intermediate filaments in all cell types - governs shape of nucleus and interconnects nuclear pores
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Lamins
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What is a structure by which two adjacent cells are attached, formed from protein plaques in the cell membranes linked by filaments.
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desmosome
Term
GFAP is in ?
Definition
Astrocytes
Term
The type of fiber associated with desmosomes of epithelial cells is..
Definition
keratin
Term
In which organelle would the proteins of the glycocalyx incorporate sialic acid?
Definition
Golgi Apparatus
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