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troponin

troponin noun: a heterotrimeric regulatory protein complex found in the thin filaments of striated muscle fibers, including both skeletal and cardiac muscle, that controls calcium-mediated muscle contraction.

Noun

troponin (countable and uncountable, plural troponins)

  1. A heterotrimeric regulatory protein complex found in the thin filaments of striated muscle fibers, including both skeletal and cardiac muscle, that controls calcium-mediated muscle contraction.

Forms of troponin

pluraltroponins

Origin of troponin

From tropomyosin. Coined by the Japanese researcher Setsuro Ebashi in 1963.http://jb.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol59/issue4/index.dtl

Questions about troponin

What does troponin mean?
Troponin means a heterotrimeric regulatory protein complex found in the thin filaments of striated muscle fibers, including both skeletal and cardiac muscle, that controls calcium-mediated muscle contraction.
What part of speech is troponin?
Troponin is a noun.
What is the plural of troponin?
The plural of troponin is troponins.

Words near troponin in the dictionary

  1. tropomyosin
  2. tropomyosins
  3. tropomysin
  4. tropone
  5. tropones
  6. troponin
  7. troponins
  8. troponoid
  9. troponoids
  10. troponomy
  11. troponym

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