Which of the statements below about intermediate filaments is false?
(a) They can stay intact in cells treated with concentrated salt solutions.
(b) They can be found in the cytoplasm and the nucleus.
(c) They can be anchored to the plasma membrane at a cell–cell junction.
(d) Each filament is about 10 ?m in diameter.
Choice (d) is untrue. Intermediate filaments are about 10 nm (not ?m) in diameter. All the other statements are true.
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