Tubulin
noun, Biochemistry.
1.
either of two globular proteins that form the structural subunits of microtubules.
tubulin tu·bu·lin (tōō’byə-lĭn, tyōō’-)
n.
A globular protein that is the structural constituent of microtubules.
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