Glossary
log: logarithm, the number that represents how many times a multiplied by b
Actin: Protein that forms actin filaments
Actomyosin: protein complex of actin and myosin
Calibration curve: a graph that defines the correspondence between the data obtained and the quantity of interest
Logarithm: a value that expresses how many times a multiplied by b
Trifluoroacetic acid: one type of carboxylic acid
Tropomyosin: actin-binding protein
Molecular weight: relative mass of a molecule with no unit; the standard is a carbon atom with atomic weight 12
Molecular weight marker: a criterion for the correspondence between mobility and molecular weight of a protein of known molecular weight.
