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Actin Filaments -can move against each other -cause movement seen in some white blood cells -can

move organelles around within cell

Microtubules -25nm diameter Made of a protein called tubulin Used to move microorganism through liquid Waft liquid past cell Can move organelles/ other cell contents along fibres This is how chromosomes are moved during mitosis. This is how vesicles move rom the endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi. -These proteins are known as microtubule motors. -They use ATP -Sperm have an undulipodium that beats to move it through the female reproductive tract.

Flagella ( made of spiral protein flagellin) use atp to spin a disc causing the flagella to rotate. The flagella has a different internal structure to undulipodia.

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