Ground state depletion (GSD) micrograph of microtubules in a HeLa cell. At centre is the microtubule organising centre, from which the cell's microtub

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Ground state depletion (GSD) micrograph of microtubules in a HeLa cell. At centre is the microtubule organising centre, from which the cell's microtubules emerge. Microtubules are polymers of the protein tubulin and are a component of the cytoskeleton. The cytoskeleton maintains the cell's shape, allows some cellular mobility and is involved in intracellular transport and nuclear division. The cell has been stained with anti-alpha-tubulin antibodies tagged with the fluorescent dye Alexa 647.

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Photo credit: © MICROSCOPY AUSTRALIA, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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