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fim·brin (fimґbrin) a 68-kD actin-binding protein that cross-links actin filaments to form tight, regular bundles in the epithelial brush border microvilli and the stereocilia of hair cells. Called also plastin.Medical dictionary. 2011.
Fimbrin — is an actin cross linking protein. To understand actin cross linking in context, one must first understand the function of actin itself within the cell. The actin monomer, known as G actin, is a globular protein that polymerizes helically to form … Wikipedia
fimbrin — (= plastin) Actin binding protein (68 kD) from the core of epithelial brush border microvilli. Contains the EF hand motif … Dictionary of molecular biology
fimbrin — noun A protein of the calponin family … Wiktionary
PLS3 — Plastin 3 (T isoform), also known as PLS3, is a human gene.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: PLS3 plastin 3 (T isoform)| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene Cmd=ShowDetailView TermToSearch=5358| accessdate = ] PBB Summary section … Wikipedia
Actin-binding protein — Actin binding proteins (also known as ABP) are proteins that bind to actin. This may mean ability to bind actin monomers, or polymers, or both.Many actin binding proteins, including α actinin, β spectrin, dystrophin, utrophin and fimbrin, do this … Wikipedia
Filopodia — This electron micrograph shows exaggerated filopodia with club like shape induced by formin mDia2 in cultured cells. These filopodia are filled with bundled actin filaments which were born in and converged from the lamellipodial network.… … Wikipedia
LCP1 — Lymphocyte cytosolic protein 1 (L plastin), also known as LCP1, is a human gene. PBB Summary section title = summary text = Plastins are a family of actin binding proteins that are conserved throughout eukaryote evolution and expressed in most… … Wikipedia
Microvillus — Enterocytes with microvilli Code TH H1.00.01.1.01011 Micro … Wikipedia
Fascin — is a 54 58kDa monomeric actin filament bundling protein originally isolated from sea urchin egg but also found in Drosophila, [Bryan et al, 1993] vertebrates [Holthius et al, 1994; Edwards Bryan 1995] including man. [Yamashiro Matsumara Matsumara … Wikipedia
AIF1 — Allograft inflammatory factor 1, also known as AIF1, is a human gene.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: AIF1 allograft inflammatory factor 1| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene Cmd=ShowDetailView TermToSearch=199| accessdate = ]… … Wikipedia
