MICROFILAMENTS

1. Discovered by Pelvitz.
2. These are smallest cell structure.
3. These are non-living structures.
4. These are solid structures, consists of actin protein (contractile protein)
5. These are absent in cell organelles.
6. Diameter of microfilament = 5-10 nm
7. Present just below the plasma membrane.
8. Play role in cyclosis (streaming movement of cytoplasm).

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