Etymology

plastin

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Today it means: A set of actin-bundling proteins . Full definition →

Ancient Greek πλαστός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπλαστός“mouldable”
  2. English todayplastin

From Ancient Greek πλαστός (plastós, “mouldable”) + -in.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπλαστός all →

plastidfibrinoplastin

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