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Cell Plant Animal/Plant Structure Microtubule Organizing Center Mtoc

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The ___, or MICROTUBULE ORGANIZING CENTER (MTOC), is an area in the cell where microtubules are produced.

Plant and animal cell centrosomes play similar roles in cell division, and both include collections of microtubules, but the plant cell one is simpler and does not have centrioles.
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