"bactofilin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bactofilins [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bactofilin (plural bactofilins)
  1. A cytoskeletal element that forms filaments throughout the cells of the rod-shaped proteobacterium Myxococcus xanthus.

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