This image shows a Vero cell that was grown on a first surface mirror and fluorescently stained to show the microtubules, which are part of the cell cytoskeleton. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!
Microtubules are the largest type of filament, with a diameter of about 25 nanometers (nm), and they are composed of a protein called tubulin. Actin filaments are the smallest type, with a ...
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Forget super microscopes, MIT’s tissue expansion makes nanoscale imaging affordableWith a 20-fold expansion, researchers can use a conventional light microscope to resolve about 20 nanometers. This allows ...
When you see mitosis through a microscope, it looks like a dance ... chromosomes line up along the central axis of the cell, and microtubules called spindle fibres pull them apart to opposite ...
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