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&nbsp;The contractile ring consists mainly of &lt;a href="https://teaching.ncl.ac.uk/bms/wiki/index.php/Actin"&gt;actin filaments&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://teaching.ncl.ac.uk/bms/wiki/index.php/Myosin"&gt;myosin&lt;/a&gt; filaments. It is found arranged in a ring around the equator of the cell and plays a key role during &lt;a href="https://teaching.ncl.ac.uk/bms/wiki/index.php/Cytokinesis"&gt;cytokinesis&lt;/a&gt;. Towards the end of &lt;a href="https://teaching.ncl.ac.uk/bms/wiki/index.php/Mitosis"&gt;mitosis&lt;/a&gt;, it starts to assemble just beneath the &lt;a href="https://teaching.ncl.ac.uk/bms/wiki/index.php/Plasma_membrane"&gt;plasma membrane&lt;/a&gt;. As the ring contracts, it pulls the membrane inward;dividing the &lt;a href="https://teaching.ncl.ac.uk/bms/wiki/index.php/Cell"&gt;cell&lt;/a&gt; in two.&nbsp;
&nbsp;The contractile ring consists mainly of actin filaments and myosin filaments. It is found arranged in a ring around the equator of the cell and plays a key role during cytokinesis. Towards the end of mitosis, it starts to assemble just beneath the plasma membrane. As the ring contracts, it pulls the membrane inward;dividing the cell in two.&nbsp;

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 The contractile ring consists mainly of actin filaments and myosin filaments. It is found arranged in a ring around the equator of the cell and plays a key role during cytokinesis. Towards the end of mitosis, it starts to assemble just beneath the plasma membrane. As the ring contracts, it pulls the membrane inward;dividing the cell in two. 

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