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  • noun biochemistry An actin-binding protein involved in the dynamic turnover and restructuring of the actin cytoskeleton, found in all eukaryotic organisms in most cells.

Etymologies

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Examples

  • It seems that after a week of agonizing over her decision to make Latinos the subject of racial profilin, Brewer needed a night out to blow off the steam.

    Mario Solis-Marich: Jan Brewer's Big Weekend 2010

  • You could say you're Britney Spearsin' when you're stylin' and profilin' on your rig, but then everybody has done Britney Spears so it wouldn't be that impressive and probably wouldn't satisfy the fixster's desire for unique conformity.

    The Indignity of Commuting by Bicycle: Crappy Weather BikeSnobNYC 2009

  • Hope the day finds you stylin' and profilin' in high style, with all thrillah and no fillah, and the coming year brings you nothing but the best of the best things, with all the shiny awesome things you could want, with whipped cream and extra kittens!

    The Sparkly Paddle Of Birthday Wonderfulness Never Stops! heyoka 2009

  • Kickass43: take stand agenst rashul profilin: CHEK

    Danielle Crittenden: The President's Secret IMs: Karl's New Exit Strategy... 2008

  • (That's me stylin 'on the left, Mattie Gee profilin' on the right and one of our wack-assed bizzitches in the middle) 632 comments so far

    unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2005

  • I guess a guy of your stature has got to be stylin 'and profilin'.

    Ottawa Sun 2010

  • I guess a guy of your stature has got to be stylin 'and profilin'.

    Ottawa Sun 2010

  • I guess a guy of your stature has got to be stylin 'and profilin'.

    Ottawa Sun 2010

  • Da Silva JS, Medina M, Zuliani C, Di Nardo A, Witke W, et al. (2003) RhoA/ROCK regulation of neuritogenesis via profilin IIa-mediated control of actin stability.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Tzu-Ching Chang et al. 2010

  • I guess a guy of your stature has got to be stylin 'and profilin'.

    Ottawa Sun 2010

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