Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A protein found in muscle that together with myosin functions in muscle contraction.
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- noun biochemistry, uncountable A
globular structuralprotein thatpolymerizes in ahelical fashion to form an actinfilament (or microfilament). - noun biochemistry, countable One of the six
isoforms of actin.
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- noun one of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split; can exist in either a globular or a fibrous form
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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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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Instead of someone who is a President I won't mention his name actin all kissy face with the enemy.
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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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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.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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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.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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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.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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