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actin filament

actin filament : a two-stranded helical polymer of the protein actin. Actin filaments form the thin filaments of muscle and also the microfilaments of the cytoskeleton of eukaryotic cells. Hence they are a major component of the contractile apparatus of skeletal muscle, and one of the three types of protein …

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actin

actin a major protein constituent of the thin filaments of muscle and of the microfilaments found in practically all eukaryotic cells – it comprises 5–10% of the protein of such cells (see actin filament). In solutions of low ionic strength, actin is a globular 42 kDa monomer, termed G-actin. At …

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