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formin

formin noun: any of a group of proteins involved in the polymerization of actin which associate with the fast-growing barbed end of an actin filament.

Noun

formin (plural formins)

  1. Any of a group of proteins involved in the polymerization of actin which associate with the fast-growing barbed end of an actin filament

Forms of formin

pluralformins

Words formed from formin

Questions about formin

What does formin mean?
Formin means any of a group of proteins involved in the polymerization of actin which associate with the fast-growing barbed end of an actin filament.
What part of speech is formin?
Formin is a noun.
What is the plural of formin?
The plural of formin is formins.

Words near formin in the dictionary

  1. formiminoglycine
  2. formiminos
  3. formiminotetrahydrofolate
  4. formiminotransferase
  5. formiminotransferases
  6. formin
  7. forming
  8. formings
  9. formins
  10. formism
  11. formist

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