uroid
Description:
The posterior end of most moving lobose amoebae has a different appearance to the rest of the cell. In the case of Amoeba proteus, it looks crumpled. This is in part due to the interactions of actin and myosin that cause the forward movement of the cell.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Amoebozoa (amoeboid protists)
- Tubulinea
- Elardia
- Euamoebida
- Amoebidae
- Amoeba
- Amoeba proteus
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