Actin is a protein very important to the health of a cell.
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Actin
//ˈæktɪn//
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Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 肌動蛋白 /肌动蛋白 noun (a globular structural protein)
French
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Greek
1 entries- ακτίνη noun (a globular structural protein)
Indonesian
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Polish
1 entries- aktyna noun (a globular structural protein)
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2012, Elaine N. Marieb & Katja Hoehn, Human Anatomy & Physiology, 8th ed., chapter 9 "Muscles and Muscle Tissue", page 281. Actin has kidney-shaped polypeptide subunits, called globular actin or G actin, which bear the active sites to which the myosin heads attach during contraction.
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