Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A protein found in muscle that together with myosin functions in muscle contraction.
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- 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.
from 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
Etymologies
Examples
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Use of the term 'actin' like' doesn't mitigate the harm this crime has on survivors of sexual violence.
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They attached a fibre of the muscle protein actin to the gamma subunit, and the beta units were attached to the substratum.
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Instead of someone who is a President I won't mention his name actin all kissy face with the enemy.
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On the contrary, anti-decoherence stipulations of Orch OR include 1) transiently encasing bundles of dendritic microtubules in actin gel ” an isolated, shielded and water-ordered non-liquid environment for quantum processes, 2) quantum states extending among dendritic gel environments via quantum tunneling and/or entanglement through window-like gap junctions of dendritic webs, 3) microtubule quantum error correction topology (Hameroff et al, 2002) and 4) biomolecular quantum states pumped by, rather than disrupted by, heat energy.
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For example, cells have several intricate systems that control their shape, one of which is based on a protein called actin.
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The molecular chain known as actin forms in pairs that twist into a double helix as does DNA.
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Differences in A-states and R-states predominately involve the configuration of a long cleft that divides the myosin MD into upper and lower 50 kDa subdomains, the so-called actin binding cleft.
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Bright green protein aggregates are transported from the young daughter cell into the larger mother cell using conveyor-like structures called actin cables.
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In the study, the researchers show that this transportation is mechanical, using conveyor-like structures called actin cables.
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Researchers demonstrated that this transportation is mechanical, using conveyor-like structures called actin cables.
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