Glomerulus is formed by the invagination of a tuft of capillaries into the dilated, blind end of the nephron (Bowman’s capsule).

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Mutations in lamin A 

cause progeria accelerated aging, such as Hutchison-Gilford progeria (“prematurely old”)

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Septins 

GTP-binding proteins 

serve as an additional filament system in all eukaryotes except terrestrial plants. 

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Septins assemble into nonpolar filaments that form rings and cagelike structures, or recruit and organize the actin and microtubule cytoskeletons.

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Plakins 

Proteins that linked intermediate filament network to the rest of the cytoskeleton. 

Eg: Plectin

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Supercoiling is related to two properties of genome

1. Packaging 

2. Linking number