tubulin
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tubulin
[too´bu-lin]the constituent protein of microtubules; thought to be involved in phagocyte motility.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
tu·bu·lin
(tū'byū-lin),A protein subunit of microtubules; it is a dimer composed of two globular polypeptides, α-tubulin and β-tubulin.
See also: dynein.
See also: dynein.
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tubulin
(to͞o′byə-lĭn, tyo͞o′-)n.
A globular protein that is the basic structural constituent of microtubules.
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tu·bu·lin
(tū'byū-lin)A protein subunit of microtubules; it is a dimer composed of two globular polypeptides, α-tubulin and β-tubulin.
See also: dynein
See also: dynein
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tubulin
A contractile protein that forms microtubules. These form the spindle fibres in MITOSIS that draw chromosomes apart is the course of cell division.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
tubulin
a globular protein molecule, similar to ACTIN, that is the building block of microtubules within the cytoplasm of cells.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005