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The microscopic scaffolding holding your cells together

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Without an internal support structure, you would just be a puddle of biological goo. The cytoskeleton is a dynamic network of microscopic protein tubes that continuously assembles and violently tears itself apart to give your cells physical structure. It literally provides the tracks for internal cellular cargo to be dragged across.

The microscopic scaffolding holding your cells together
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