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tubulin

[too-byuh-lin, tyoo-]
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noun Biochemistry.
  1. either of two globular proteins that form the structural subunits of microtubules.
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Origin of tubulin

First recorded in 1965–70; tubule + -in2
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tubulin

(tōō′byə-lĭn)
n.
  1. A globular protein that is the structural constituent of microtubules.
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