Instruction 1-9

What Determines the Eukaryotic Cell's Shape?

Students', Parents' and Teachers' Links

http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/cytoskel.htm (Cytoskeleton)

http://www.biology4kids.com/files/cell_microfilament.html (Cytoskeleton / microfilaments)

http://www.biology4kids.com/files/cell_microtubule.html  (Cytoskeleton / microtubules)

http://focus.hms.harvard.edu/1997/Sept19_1997/cellbio.html  (For years, it has been difficult to pin down the exact shape of the cytoskeleton -- but some young researchers are finally beginning to do so; a fascinating article.)

http://www.sdbonline.org/fly/aignfam/cytoskel.htm#dafka  (Cytoskeleton)

http://astrobiology.arc.nasa.gov/news/expandnews.cfm?id=1448  (Cytoskeleton experiments in space -- a report from NASA)

 

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