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... > Fluids and Secretions > Body Fluids > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Cytoskeleton > Actin Cytoskeleton
... > Tissues > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Cytoskeleton > Actin Cytoskeleton
... > Cells > Cellular Structures > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Cytoskeleton > Actin Cytoskeleton

Preferred term

Actin Cytoskeleton  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Actin Filament
  • Actin Filaments
  • Actin Microfilament
  • Actin Microfilaments
  • Filament, Actin
  • Filaments, Actin
  • Microfilament
  • Microfilament, Actin
  • Microfilaments
  • Microfilaments, Actin

Scope note

  • Fibers composed of MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS, which are predominately ACTIN. They are the smallest of the cytoskeletal filaments.

History note

  • 2012 (1977); use CYTOPLASMIC FILAMENTS 1980-1985

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008841

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