intermediate filament

intermediate filament
intermediate filament n any of a class of usu. insoluble cellular protein fibers (as a neurofilament or an epithelial-cell cytoplasmic filament of keratin) composed of various fibrous polypeptides that serve esp. to provide structural stability and strength to the cytoskeleton and are intermediate in diameter between microfilaments and microtubules

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