Saturday, 10 March 2018

How Red Blood Cells got their shape?

How Red Blood Cells got their shape? 

Red blood cells have a cytoskeleton structure which keeps them having having its distinct helical shape. This is because of actin binding proteins such as Band 3 TM and Ankyrin and then spectrin which creates a hexagonal mesh like structure over the red blood cell which keeps it having its bioconcave shape which is useful when it travels in the blood vessels. 



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