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Plastin vs Elastin - What's the difference?

plastin | elastin |

As nouns the difference between plastin and elastin

is that plastin is (biology) a substance associated with nuclein in cell nuclei, and by some considered as the fundamental substance of the nucleus while elastin is (protein) a protein, similar to collagen, found in connective tissue, that has elastic properties.

plastin

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biology) A substance associated with nuclein in cell nuclei, and by some considered as the fundamental substance of the nucleus.

    • Related terms

    * chloroplastin * cytoplastin (Webster 1913)

    elastin

    English

    (wikipedia elastin)

    Noun

  • (protein) A protein, similar to collagen, found in connective tissue, that has elastic properties.

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