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metavinculin

metavinculin noun: a splice variant of the protein vinculin, found in smooth muscle and skeletal muscle.

Noun

metavinculin (uncountable)

  1. A splice variant of the protein vinculin, found in smooth muscle and skeletal muscle.
    • About half of the genes encode sarcomeric proteins including α-cardiac actin, myosin heavy chain, troponin, tropomyosin, metavinculin, α-actinin and therefore overlap with those in HCM.2016 January 1, “A Haplotype of Two Novel Polymorphisms in δ-Sarcoglycan Gene Increases Risk of Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Mongoloid Population”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of metavinculin

From meta- + vinculin.

Questions about metavinculin

What does metavinculin mean?
Metavinculin means a splice variant of the protein vinculin, found in smooth muscle and skeletal muscle.
What part of speech is metavinculin?
Metavinculin is a noun.

Words near metavinculin in the dictionary

  1. metaversal
  2. metaversality
  3. metaversally
  4. metaverse
  5. metaverses
  6. metavinculin
  7. metaviriome
  8. metaviriomes
  9. metaviriomic
  10. metavirome
  11. metaviromes

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