Biology
- Animal Eukaryotic Cell Components: Structure And Function
I posted a picture of the eukaryotic animal cell earlier, but it was simply a labeled diagram. Here we will go into each of the major parts of the cell, as well as each organelle's function, not to mention the overall structure of the cell. As the...
- Actin
In this picture you can see the muscle contraction present when someone flexes his or her arm. Actin is the most abundant protein in Eukaryotes and it has many functions. Actin participates in many important cellular processes like muscle contraction,...
- Tropomyosin
Term: tropomyosin Literally meaning: ?that which is turned in muscle?Origin: Anc Greek+-??????/tropos(=suffix denoting way, habit, direction or tendency) >?????/trepo(=turn)+???-/myo-(=combining form meaning muscle) > ???/mys/ (=muscle) > ???/myo(=enclosed...
- Troponin
Term: troponin Literally meaning: ?that which is turned?Origin: Anc Greek+-??????/tropos(=suffix denoting way, habit, direction or tendency) >?????/trepo(=turn)Coined/HistoryIn 1965 a protein was found which promoted aggragation of tropomyosin. In...
- Locomotion And Movement
Click here for PDFLocomotion is the voluntary movements resulting in a change in location.Types of movement in human being· Amoeboid movement: By pseudopodia. E.g. Macrophages, leucocytes, cytoskeletal elements like microfilaments etc.· Ciliary...
Biology
actin
Term: actin
Literally meaning: ? ray?
Origin: Anc Greek
'á????, -[é???/ actis(=ray) > (genitive) ???????/actinos
+(-???)/-in, chemical ending that forms feminine nouns such as feminine French suffix: ?ine)
Coined/History
Actin was extracted first time from muscle by British physiologist W.D.Halliburton (1860-1887), in 1887. The protein was isolated in a pure form in 1942 by Hungarian Bruno F Straub (1914-1996) and named as actin by Szent-Gyorgyi (1893-1986) in 1945. Szent-Gyor
Source
Halliburton, W.D. (1887). ?On muscle p[lasma? J Physiol. 8 (3-4): 133.
Szent-Gyorgyi, A. 1945. ?Studies on muscle.? Acta Physiol Scandinav 9 (suppl. 25)..
Definition
Actin is a globular (42-kDa) and highly-conserved protein found alma s
- Animal Eukaryotic Cell Components: Structure And Function
I posted a picture of the eukaryotic animal cell earlier, but it was simply a labeled diagram. Here we will go into each of the major parts of the cell, as well as each organelle's function, not to mention the overall structure of the cell. As the...
- Actin
In this picture you can see the muscle contraction present when someone flexes his or her arm. Actin is the most abundant protein in Eukaryotes and it has many functions. Actin participates in many important cellular processes like muscle contraction,...
- Tropomyosin
Term: tropomyosin Literally meaning: ?that which is turned in muscle?Origin: Anc Greek+-??????/tropos(=suffix denoting way, habit, direction or tendency) >?????/trepo(=turn)+???-/myo-(=combining form meaning muscle) > ???/mys/ (=muscle) > ???/myo(=enclosed...
- Troponin
Term: troponin Literally meaning: ?that which is turned?Origin: Anc Greek+-??????/tropos(=suffix denoting way, habit, direction or tendency) >?????/trepo(=turn)Coined/HistoryIn 1965 a protein was found which promoted aggragation of tropomyosin. In...
- Locomotion And Movement
Click here for PDFLocomotion is the voluntary movements resulting in a change in location.Types of movement in human being· Amoeboid movement: By pseudopodia. E.g. Macrophages, leucocytes, cytoskeletal elements like microfilaments etc.· Ciliary...