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actin

/ak-tuhn/US // ˈæk tən //UK // (ˈæktɪn) //

肌动蛋白,肌动素,肌注,活性素

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Biochemistry.

    • : a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.

Examples

  • In her postdoctoral research, she found that condensates enhance the polymerization of actin into filaments that help specialized kidney cells maintain their unusual shapes.

  • "Oi don't loike th' way he is actin', Frankie," whispered Barney.

  • Can't you hear millions spoke of without actin' like a blasted whistlin' buoy?

  • And when he quit he went off toward home, slappin' his fists together and actin' as if he didn't see the road across his bows.

  • Ed was actin at Niblo's Garding, which looks considerable more like a parster than a garding, but let that pars.

  • I don't know what them skunks think they can do, actin' in this way.