"actin" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-actin.wav [US] Forms: actins [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀκτίς (aktís, “ray”), based on the shape of the filament formed, + -in. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|ἀκτίς||ray}} Ancient Greek ἀκτίς (aktís, “ray”), {{suf|en||in}} + -in Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} actin (countable and uncountable, plural actins)
  1. (biochemistry, uncountable) A globular structural protein that polymerizes in a helical fashion to form an actin filament (or microfilament). Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Proteins Translations (a globular structural protein): actina [feminine] (Catalan), 肌動蛋白 (Chinese Mandarin), 肌动蛋白 (jīdòngdànbái) (Chinese Mandarin), actine (French), ακτίνη (aktíni) [feminine] (Greek), actina (Italian), aktyna [feminine] (Polish), actina [feminine] (Portuguese), actina (Spanish), aktin (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-actin-en-noun-B~HOity1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -in, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -in: 62 38 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 52 48 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'a globular structural protein': 97 3
  2. (biochemistry, countable) One of the six isoforms of actin. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Proteins
    Sense id: en-actin-en-noun-zSQrEJkX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 52 48 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: actinic, actinin, actinofibril, actinome, actomyosin, antiactin, fibroactin, isoactin Related terms: conductin, myosin

Inflected forms

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