Definition of Filamin

1. Noun. (protein) Any of a class of proteins that bind actin filaments and anchor membrane proteins ¹

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Medical Definition of Filamin

1. A protein that binds to F actin, cross linking it to form an isotropic network, the binding does not require Ca. It was originally isolated from smooth muscle and is a homodimer 2 x 250 kD. Similar to actin binding protein (ABP) from leucocytes. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Filamin

filamentary keratopathy
filamentation
filamentations
filamented
filamentiferous
filamentless
filamentlike
filamentoid
filamentose
filamentous
filamentous bacteriophage
filamentous colony
filaments
filamentum
filamin (current term)
filander
filanders
filapodial
filar
filar eyepiece
filar micrometer
filar micrometre
filar micrometre ocular
filar substance
filaree
filarees
filaria
filariae

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