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determine if the each of the following is true of microtubules, microfilaments, or intermediate filaments.

Involved in cell transport.

I'm stuck on whether to choose microfilaments or microtubules.
I know microtubules can create cilia or flagellum, which does involve with cell transport. And microfilaments can "crawl"

2007-09-27 14:36:54 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Biology

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Microtubules : They are involved in maintaining cell shape, cell movement, Chromosome movement, and organelle movement. They are the largest so they do the biggest jobs.

Microfilaments: They also help in maintaining cell shape, muscle contraction, cytoplasmic streaming, formation of pseudopodia, and formation of the clevage furrow in cell division.

Intermediate filaments: Aid in cell shape, anchors the nucleus and other cellular organelles.

2007-09-28 11:35:37 · answer #1 · answered by ATP-Man 7 · 0 0

Microtubules are involved with internal cell transport. Consider a spindle made of microtubules. The spindle pushes and pulls the chromosomes into the right places during mitosis.

2007-09-27 21:41:04 · answer #2 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0 0

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