Actin

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A protein found in muscle that together with myosin functions in muscle contraction.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A globular structural protein that polymerizes in a helical fashion to form an actin filament (or microfilament).
  • n. One of the six isoforms of actin.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. one of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split; can exist in either a globular or a fibrous form
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    Cross Reference
    myosin    actinic   
    Form
    actomyosin    isoactin   
    Rhyme
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    Acton    acton    prolactin   
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