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Intermediate Filaments and Microtubules

Micrtubule Structure

Micrtubule Structure

Microtubules are hollow, with walls consisting of 13 polymerized dimers of α-tubulin and β-tubulin (right image). The left image shows the molecular structure of the tube.

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