"tubulin" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: tubulins [plural]
Etymology: tubul- + -in Etymology templates: {{confix|en|tubul|in}} tubul- + -in Head templates: {{en-noun}} tubulin (plural tubulins)
  1. (biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins used as the material for microtubules. Categories (topical): Proteins Translations (proteins used as the material for microtubules): tubuliini (Finnish), tubuline (French), tubulina (Italian), tubulina (Portuguese), tubulina (Spanish), tubulin (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tubulin-en-noun-3wgvEq-K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with tubul- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with tubul-: 45 55 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'proteins used as the material for microtubules': 92 8
  2. (biochemistry) Specifically, the dimer of α-tubulin and β-tubulin. Categories (topical): Proteins
    Sense id: en-tubulin-en-noun-3w7ItV9N Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with tubul-, English terms suffixed with -in Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with tubul-: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -in: 40 60 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: myotubulin

Inflected forms

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