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Meaning of "actin" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ACTIN

From act + -in.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ACTIN

actin  [ˈæktɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACTIN

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Actin is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ACTIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

actin

Actin

Actin is a globular multi-functional protein that forms microfilaments. It is found in all eukaryotic cells, where it may be present at concentrations of over 100 μM. An actin protein's mass is roughly 42-kDa and it is the monomeric subunit of two types of filaments in cells: microfilaments, one of the three major components of the cytoskeleton, and thin filaments, part of the contractile apparatus in muscle cells. It can be present as either a free monomer called G-actin or as part of a linear polymer microfilament called F-actin both of which are essential for such important cellular functions as the mobility and contraction of cells during cell division. Actin participates in many important cellular processes, including muscle contraction, cell motility, cell division and cytokinesis, vesicle and organelle movement, cell signalling, and the establishment and maintenance of cell junctions and cell shape. Many of these processes are mediated by extensive and intimate interactions of actin with cellular membranes. In vertebrates, three main groups of actin isoforms, alpha, beta, and gamma have been identified.

Definition of actin in the English dictionary

The definition of actin in the dictionary is a protein that participates in many kinds of cell movement, including muscle contraction, during which it interacts with filaments of a second protein, myosin.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ACTIN


amylopectin
ˌæmɪləʊˈpɛktɪn
Benedictine
ˌbɛnɪˈdɪktɪn
fibronectin
ˌfaɪbrəʊˈnɛktɪn
ivermectin
ˌaɪvəˈmɛktɪn
lectin
ˈlɛktɪn
monactine
mɒnˈæktɪn
morphactin
mɔːˈfæktɪn
pecten
ˈpɛktɪn
pectin
ˈpɛktɪn
polyactine
ˌpɒlɪˈæktɪn
prolactin
prəʊˈlæktɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ACTIN

actinal
actinally
acting
acting career
acting profession
actinia
actiniae
actinian
actinic
actinic keratosis
actinically
actinide
actinide series
actiniform
actinism
actinium
actinium series
actinobacillosis
actinobacillus

WORDS THAT END LIKE ACTIN

biotin
bulletin
cake tin
chromatin
Curtin
gabapentin
gelatin
gratin
keratin
Latin
martin
matin
patin
Putin
rutin
Saint Martin
Saint-Quentin
satin
tin
Tintin

Synonyms and antonyms of actin in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «actin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ACTIN

Find out the translation of actin to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of actin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «actin» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

肌动蛋白
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

actina
570 millions of speakers

English

actin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

actin
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأكتين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

актина
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

actina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Actin
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

actine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Actin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Aktin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アクチン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

액틴
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Actin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

actin
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆக்டினும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एक्टिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aktin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

actina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

aktyny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

актину
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

actina
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ακτίνης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aktien
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

aktin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

aktin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of actin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ACTIN»

The term «actin» is quite widely used and occupies the 31.912 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ACTIN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «actin» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «actin» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about actin

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACTIN»

Discover the use of actin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to actin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Actin
Illustrated throughout, this modern text also contains an extensive bibliography for the interested reader.
Peter Sheterline, Jon Clayton, John C. Sparrow, 1999
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Actin-based Motility: Cellular, Molecular and Physical Aspects
This book presents the cellular, molecular and physical aspects of production of force and movement by self-assembly of actin, one of the most abundant protein in cells, into cytoskeletal filaments. « Actin-based motile processes » are ...
Marie-France Carlier, 2010
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Neurobiology of Actin: From Neurulation to Synaptic Function
Examining the interface between the actin cytoskeleton and the myriad issues fundamental to the understanding of the nervous system, this text covers actin 's neurobiology, from its basic cellular organization and function to its roles in ...
Gianluca Gallo, Lorene M Lanier, 2010
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Actin-Binding Proteins and Disease
There are scattered reports in the published literature citing relationships between actin, actin-binding proteins and disease. This volume brings this information together for the first time, with a focus on human disorders.
Cris dos Remedios, Deepak Chhabra, 2008
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Filament Dynamics and Actin Binding Factors
Actin is a highly conserved and essential protein of all eukaryotic cells that is involved in cell motility, cargo transport, muscle contraction, and cytoskeletal integrity.
Damon Charles Scoville, 2008
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Actin-Monomer-Binding Proteins
Actin monomer binding proteins provides a comprehensive view on actin monomer-binding proteins and the mechanisms by which they contribute to actin dynamics and various actin-dependent cellular processes.
Pekka Lappalainen, 2008
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The Actin Cytoskeleton in Cell Motility, Cancer, and Infection
The cell is no longer considered to be a bag full of enzymes dissolved in a liquid cytoplasm.
Joel Pardee, 2010
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Molecular Interactions of Actin: Actin-Myosin Interaction ...
Actin is one of the most widespread proteins in eukaryotic cells. This book provides an authoritative and opinionated view of the structure and function of this essential protein.
C.G. dos Remedios, D.D. Thomas, 2002
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Mapping the Interaction of Cofilin with Actin
Our results suggest a weak and a strong binding site for cofilin on actin.
Sabrina Amelle Benchaar, 2007
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Regulation of Actin Dynamics by Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ...
In summary, this thesis work has provided new insights into how Abp1 regulates Arp2/3 complex, and dissected a conserved and intricate mechanism for promoting actin turnover that involves interactions between a 600 KDa Srv2-actin complex, ...
Omar Quintero-Monzon, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACTIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term actin is used in the context of the following news items.
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Cytomegalovirus infection induces a stem cell phenotype in human …
Staining for muscle cell (SMC) alpha actin served as an isotype control. (b) Expression of CD133 and HCMV-IE in GBM tumor tissues, ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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New method could help estimate time of death for a ten-day-old corpse
Some never degraded (a-actin and tropomyosi) – at least not within the 240 hours of the study. In this way, the team generated a completely ... «The Conversation UK, Jul 15»
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Fibril growth and seeding capacity play key roles in α-synuclein …
Actin was used as a loading control. (d) Densitometry quantification of WB. Protein level of α-syn was evaluated by densitometry quantification. «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Ecophysiology of an uncultivated lineage of Aigarchaeota from an …
All known Aigarchaeota encode for actin, which suggests that they are rods or filaments (Ettema et al., 2011); however, no definitive ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Can This Robot Make French Nuclear Power Plants Safer?
In 2012, Areva chose Energid Technologies Corp. of Cambridge, Mass., to adapt its robotic operating system, called Actin, to the French ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»
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Automatable method lets researchers follow the paths of each …
However, when they used a different compound to decompose actin microfilaments, which make up the basic "skeleton" structure of cells, they ... «Medical Xpress, Jul 15»
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Public Release: 2-Jul-2015 Long-term memories are maintained by …
"The CPEB3 protein is a functional prion that interacts with the actin cytoskeleton." The complete list of authors is: Eric Kandel, Joseph S. «EurekAlert, Jul 15»
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miR-16 rescues F508del-CFTR function in native cystic fibrosis …
Yellow fluorescence in the vicinity of the plasma membrane indicates coincidence of green (CFTR) and red (actin). These data are thus also ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Lamina propria macrophage phenotypes in relation to Escherichia …
House-keeping genes such as GAPDH and β-Actin have been proposed as being stable appropriate reference genes for normalisation. «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»
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Severe dystrophic cardiomyopathy caused by the enteroviral …
These data support a two-hit dominant-negative disease mechanism where membrane-associated CtermDys severs the link to cortical actin and inhibits both ... «Science Magazine, Jul 15»

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