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English
Etymology
From vinculum + -in.
Noun
vinculin (plural vinculins)
- (biochemistry) A membrane-cytoskeletal protein in focal adhesion plaques, involved in linkage of integrin adhesion molecules to the actin cytoskeleton
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Verb
vinculin
- inflection of vincular:
- third-person plural present subjunctive
- third-person plural imperative