Recurring views on the structure and function of the cytoskeleton: a 300-year epic.
@article{Frixione2000RecurringVO,
title={Recurring views on the structure and function of the cytoskeleton: a 300-year epic.},
author={Eugenio Frixione},
journal={Cell motility and the cytoskeleton},
year={2000},
volume={46 2},
pages={
73-94
}
}Some unnoticed or seldom remembered precedents of current views on biological motion and its structural bases are briefly outlined, followed by a concise recapitulation of how the present theory has been constructed in the last few decades. It is shown that the evolution of the concept of fibers as main constituents of living matter led to hypothesizing microscopic structures closely resembling microtubules in the 18th century. At the beginning of this period, fibers sliding over each other and… Expand
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