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Actin vs Actinin - What's the difference?

actin | actinin |

As nouns the difference between actin and actinin

is that actin is (protein|uncountable) a globular structural protein that polymerizes in a helical fashion to form an actin filament (or microfilament) while actinin is (protein) any of several microfilament proteins that have a function in the attachment of actin fibres in muscle cells.

actin

English

Noun

  • (protein, uncountable) A globular structural protein that polymerizes in a helical fashion to form an actin filament (or microfilament).
  • (protein, countable) One of the six isoforms of actin.

    • Derived terms

    * actomyosin * conductin * isoactin

    See also

    * actinic * myosin

    Anagrams

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    actinin

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia actinin) (en noun)
  • (protein) Any of several microfilament proteins that have a function in the attachment of actin fibres in muscle cells