Microtubule vs Aster - What's the difference?
microtubule | aster |
small tubes made of protein and found in cells; part of the cytoskeleton.
(obsolete) A star.
*, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.94:
Any of several plants of the genus Aster ; one of its flowers.
* 1969 , (Vladimir Nabokov), , Penguin 2011, p.120:
(biology) A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell.
As nouns the difference between microtubule and aster
is that microtubule is small tubes made of protein and found in cells; part of the cytoskeleton while aster is (l).microtubule
English
(wikipedia microtubule)Noun
(microtubules)aster
Noun
(en noun)- by the changes and enter-caprings of which, the revolutions, motions, cadences, and carrols of the asters and planets are caused and transported.
- On a sunny September morning, with the trees still green, but the asters and fleabanes already taking over in ditch and dalk, Van set out for Ladoga, N.A.