Microfibril vs Microtubule vs Microfilament

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What are the differences??

 

[aznnytezx]

They serve for different functions? Their sizes are different? Their building blocks are different?

 

[tillerybass]

Microfibril:: Made of actin and serve mainly in cell motility. They also make the cleavage furlow in cell division.
Intermediate:: Purely structural (exoskeleton)
Microtubule:: Made of tubulin and derived from MTOCs (basal body/centrioles). Used is cell replication

 

[lowkeydr]

microfibrils are in cellulose, NOT part of the cytoskeleton.

Microfilaments: actin
Intermediate Filaments: structural support
Microtubules - flagella/cilia, centrioles/spindle fibers