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sarcospan

sarcospan noun: a transmembrane protein, located within skeletal muscle, the loss of which is associated with muscular dystrophy.

Noun

sarcospan (uncountable)

  1. A transmembrane protein, located within skeletal muscle, the loss of which is associated with muscular dystrophy.

Questions about sarcospan

What does sarcospan mean?
Sarcospan means a transmembrane protein, located within skeletal muscle, the loss of which is associated with muscular dystrophy.
What part of speech is sarcospan?
Sarcospan is a noun.

Words near sarcospan in the dictionary

  1. sarcosol
  2. sarcosomal
  3. sarcosomataceous
  4. sarcosome
  5. sarcosomes
  6. sarcospan
  7. sarcosphere
  8. sarcospheres
  9. sarcosporidia
  10. sarcosporidial
  11. sarcosporidian

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