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actin

'æktin4 senses · 59 ms
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noun/ˈæktɪn/
  1. 1

    A globular structural protein that polymerizes in a helical fashion to form an actin filament (or microfilament).uncountable

    • 2012, Elaine N. Marieb & Katja Hoehn, Human Anatomy & Physiology, 8th ed., chapter 9 "Muscles and Muscle Tissue", page 281. Actin has kidney-shaped polypeptide subunits, called globular actin or G actin, which bear the active sites to which
  2. 2

    One of the six isoforms of actin.countable

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