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
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.
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