Microvillus: detail

• Plus end at tip

• Myosin -1 on sides

• Villin, fimbrin cross-linking

  • principal organizer

• Core of 20 to 30 actin filaments

• Terminal web of spectrin

• Rests on intermediate filaments

Stevens and Lowe 2nd, p 40

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