Nature & Environment
Cytoskeleton: The cell city's transport system
...system?...[Cytoskeleton] Within a cell there is a complex set of structures that define the centre, distinguish one end of the cell from the other and provide routes for transportation. This is the cytoskeleton. It consists of many networks of fibrous proteins - micro-filaments, intermediate filaments and microtubules that help organise, structure and orient the cell....