Medical Definition of Severin
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Calcium dependent F actin cleaving protein (40 kD) isolated from Dictyostelium discoideum, that binds irreversibly to the barbed ends of the microfilament, not, apparently, essential for movement.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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