"ankyrin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ankyrins [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ankyrin (plural ankyrins)
  1. (biology) Any of a family of adaptor proteins that mediate the attachment of integral membrane proteins to the spectrin-actin based membrane skeleton. Wikipedia link: ankyrin Categories (topical): Biology Related terms: gankyrin, tankyrase Translations (any of a family of adaptor proteins): anquirina [feminine] (Portuguese), ancirina [feminine] (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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