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- noun Plural form of
actin .
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Examples
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Myosins are proteins that use chemical energy to create contractions by moving along filamental proteins called actins - like a train moves along a railroad track.
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If another virus approached, these proteins would trigger it to push out snake-like projections called "actins" from its surface, actively bouncing it away to "surf" towards uninfected cells further afield.
BBC - Ouch 2010
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If another virus approached, these proteins would trigger it to push out snake-like projections called "actins" from its surface, actively bouncing it away to "surf" towards uninfected cells further afield.
BBC - Ouch 2010
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Snake-like "actins" bounce other viruses away from an infected cell
BBC - Ouch 2010
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Snake-like "actins" bounce other viruses away from an infected cell
BBC - Ouch 2010
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As part of a face-saving exercise on Thursday evening Boehner claimed that, as a result of his actins, he had managed to secure from the Democratic leader in the Senate, Harry Reid, a promise to name members for a joint House-Senate conference to negotiate the year-long tax concessions.
House agrees payroll tax deal as Republicans cave in to Obama 2011
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Based on my understanding of ethical conduct, Fitzy is accountabel for his own words and actins, and those of his office.
Firedoglake » Dodging CIPA Graymail Bullets…And Other Legal Notes 2006
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Boehner's actins are HURTING USA and the world -- by many many trillions.
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Although phylogenetically distant from eukaryotic actins, bacterial actin-like proteins share structural and functional homologies with them.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jean-Baptiste Rioux et al. 2010
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The low number of heads on actins L and M is especially significant because it appears right next to the target zone, where both strong and weak myosin binding is highest.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Shenping Wu et al. 2010
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