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Actin vs Formin - What's the difference?

actin | formin |

As nouns the difference between actin and formin

is that actin is (protein|uncountable) a globular structural protein that polymerizes in a helical fashion to form an actin filament (or microfilament) while formin is (protein) any of a group of proteins involved in the polymerization of actin which associate with the fast-growing barbed end of an actin filament.

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

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    formin

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (protein) Any of a group of proteins involved in the polymerization of actin which associate with the fast-growing barbed end of an actin filament

    • See also

    *(wikipedia "formin")

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