microfibril

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microfibril

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Ultrastructure and chemical composition
…of cell walls are the microfibrils, which appear stringlike under the electron microscope, about 10–30 nanometres (billionths of a metre) in diameter and of indeterminate length. The orientation and weaving of microfibrils varies; this makes possible the distinction of three layers (called S₁, S₂, and S₃), with the microfibrils having…
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…of cell walls are the microfibrils, which appear stringlike under the electron microscope, about 10–30 nanometres (billionths of a metre) in diameter and of indeterminate length. The orientation and weaving of microfibrils varies; this makes possible the distinction of three layers (called S₁, S₂, and S₃), with the microfibrils having…
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