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Adaptor vs Ankyrin - What's the difference?

adaptor | ankyrin |

As nouns the difference between adaptor and ankyrin

is that adaptor is while ankyrin is (biology) any of a family of adaptor proteins that mediate the attachment of integral membrane proteins to the spectrin-actin based membrane skeleton.

adaptor

English

(wikipedia adaptor)

Noun

(en noun)

    • Derived terms

    * AC-adaptor * double-adaptor * power adaptor

    External links

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    ankyrin

    English

    (wikipedia ankyrin)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) Any of a family of adaptor proteins that mediate the attachment of integral membrane proteins to the spectrin-actin based membrane skeleton.