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cortactin

cortactin noun: a microfilament protein that regulates the assembly and organization of cortical actin.

Noun

cortactin (uncountable)

  1. A microfilament protein that regulates the assembly and organization of cortical actin

Origin of cortactin

From cortical, actin, + -in.

Questions about cortactin

What does cortactin mean?
Cortactin means a microfilament protein that regulates the assembly and organization of cortical actin.
What part of speech is cortactin?
Cortactin is a noun.

Words near cortactin in the dictionary

  1. Corsos
  2. Corstorphine
  3. Corstorphines
  4. Cort
  5. cort-
  6. cortactin
  7. cortado
  8. cortados
  9. cortalcerone
  10. Cortalim
  11. Cortazar

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