See Also: spectrin(medicine)
spectrin(dictionary)
pan-American(dictionary)
AMERICAN 1(finance)
un-American(dictionary)
First American(finance)
AMERICAN GREETINGS(finance)
Pan American(tourism)
American(dictionary)
AMERICAN(finance)

American 2, noun (oh) and spectrin (medicine)


American 2, noun (oh)



2 n [C]
someone from the US

spectrin (medicine)


spectrin
<protein> Membrane associated dimeric protein (240 & 220 kD) of erythrocytes. Forms a complex with ankyrin, actin and probably Other components of the membrane cytoskeleton, so that there is a meshwork of proteins underlying the plasma membrane, potentially restricting the lateral mobility of integral proteins. Isoforms have been described from Other tissues (fodrin, TW 240-260k protein), where they are assumed to play a similar role. Contains the EF hand motif.