- plastin
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Plastin — Plas tin, n. [Gr. ? to form, mold.] (Biol.) A substance associated with nuclein in cell nuclei, and by some considered as the fundamental substance of the nucleus. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
plastin — Microfilament bundling protein from mammalian cells very similar to fimbrin with two actin binding domains. Two forms, l plastin (627 residues, may be identical to acumentin) from leucocytes and t plastin (630 residues). See p65 … Dictionary of molecular biology
plastin — plas·tin (plasґtin) fimbrin … Medical dictionary
plastin — ˈplastə̇n noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary plast (from Greek plastos) + in; probably originally formed in German 1. : an acidophilic component of protoplasm more or less coextensive with the presumed highly polymerized… … Useful english dictionary
PLS3 — Plastin 3 (T isoform), also known as PLS3, is a human gene.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: PLS3 plastin 3 (T isoform)| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene Cmd=ShowDetailView TermToSearch=5358| accessdate = ] PBB Summary section … Wikipedia
fimbrin — (= plastin) Actin binding protein (68 kD) from the core of epithelial brush border microvilli. Contains the EF hand motif … Dictionary of molecular biology
LCP1 — Lymphocyte cytosolic protein 1 (L plastin), also known as LCP1, is a human gene. PBB Summary section title = summary text = Plastins are a family of actin binding proteins that are conserved throughout eukaryote evolution and expressed in most… … Wikipedia
Actin-binding protein — Actin binding proteins (also known as ABP) are proteins that bind to actin. This may mean ability to bind actin monomers, or polymers, or both.Many actin binding proteins, including α actinin, β spectrin, dystrophin, utrophin and fimbrin, do this … Wikipedia
plastinoid — ˈplastəˌnȯid adjective Etymology: plastin + oid : resembling plastin … Useful english dictionary
Plastination — is a technique used in anatomy to preserve bodies or body parts. The water and fat are replaced by certain plastics, yielding specimens that can be touched, do not smell or decay, and even retain most microscopic properties of the original sample … Wikipedia
