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sarcoglycans

sarcoglycans is the plural of sarcoglycan.

Meaning of sarcoglycan

Noun

sarcoglycan (plural sarcoglycans)

  1. Any of a family of transmembrane proteins involved in the protein complex responsible for connecting the muscle fibre cytoskeleton to the extracellular matrix, preventing damage to the muscle fibre sarcolemma through shearing forces.

Questions about sarcoglycans

What is sarcoglycans the plural of?
Sarcoglycans is the plural of sarcoglycan.

Words near sarcoglycans in the dictionary

  1. sarcoendoplasmic
  2. sarcogenous
  3. sarcoglycan
  4. sarcoglycanopathies
  5. sarcoglycanopathy
  6. sarcoglycans
  7. sarcoid
  8. sarcoidal
  9. sarcoidlike
  10. sarcoidoses
  11. sarcoidosis

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