microfilamentousadj.
/ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)fɪləˈmɛntəs/, U.S. /ˌmaɪkroʊˈfɪləˌmɛn(t)əs/ Chiefly in Cell Biology.
Of, relating to, or consisting of microfilaments.
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cytoskeletal1937
cytosolic1969
microfilamentous1970
1970 Diabetologia 6 638/2 The beta cell of the islets of Langerhans has been shown to contain a microtubular–microfilamentous system.
1975 New Scientist 5 June 553/2 But if the actin and myosin of the microfilamentous system interacted with each other while floating just under the membrane, they could hardly be expected to affect the cell's shape, let alone motility.
1989 Microbial Pathogenesis 7 330 This inhibition was not associated with a blockage of local microfilamentous refoldings previously shown to be associated with the internalization of Shigella by epithelial cells.
1994 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 91 12117 (in figure) The vacuolar membrane..and long microfilamentous bundles are visible.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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