1. Home
  2. Dictionary
  3. Myosin

Definition of Myosin in English :

Define Myosin in English

Myosin meaning in English

Meaning of Myosin in English

Pronunciation of Myosin in English

Myosin pronunciation in English

Pronounce Myosin in English

Myosin

see synonyms of myosin

Noun

1. myosin

the commonest protein in muscle; a globulin that combines with actin to form actomyosin

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Myosin

see synonyms of myosin
noun
the chief protein of muscle that interacts with actin to form actomyosin during muscle contraction; it is also present in many other cell types

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Myosin

see synonyms of myosin
noun
a protein in muscles
see also actomyosin

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Myosin

see synonyms of myosin
n.
Any of a class of proteins that bind with actin filaments and generate many kinds of cell movement, especially the contraction of myofibrils in muscle cells.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

WORD OF THE DAY

hamlet

FIND OUT WHAT IT MEANS

Recent Searches