Assertion: microtubule | /r/HasProperty | polar
Facets:
value: intrinsically
type: DEGREE
value: like actin filaments
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: (All microtubules are polar; these ones are just specifically called polar microtubules.)
text: Like actin filaments, microtubules are polar.
text: From the article on centromeres, it seems like there's a type of microtubule called the polar microtubule which assists in cell division, but there's also the fact that all microtubules are considered to be polar due to the end-to-end orientation of the dimers.
text: Since tubulin dimers are aligned in the same orientation in a protofilament and all protofilaments in a microtubule are parallel to each other, the microtubule is intrinsically polar.