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actin
1[ ak-tuhn ]
noun
- a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
actin-
2- variant of actino- before a vowel:
actinism.
actin
/ ˈæktɪn /
noun
- a protein that participates in many kinds of cell movement, including muscle contraction, during which it interacts with filaments of a second protein, myosin
actin
/ ăk′tĭn /
- A protein found in all eukaryotic cells, forming filaments that make up a main component of the cell's supporting matrix or cytoskeleton . Actin and the protein myosin together make up the contractile units (called sarcomeres ) of skeletal muscle fibers.
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Example Sentences
"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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