Medical Definition of Cofilin
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| Actin severing protein (19 kD), related to destrin. Binds to the side of filaments and is pH sensitive.
Shares with tropomyosin a 13 amino acid F actin binding domain. Very similar to actin depolymerising factor.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cofilin
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