'What are the roles of actin filaments and microtubules during mitosis and cytokinesis in animal and plant cells?'
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They are responsible for assembling at the cytokinesis site under the membrane and interacting with myosin motor proteins to generate force. This force eventually pinches the cell into two parts. Show more…
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