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TROPOMYOSINE [1 record]

Record 1 2012-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cytology
  • Biotechnology
DEF

A muscle protein similar to myosin and implicated as being part of the structure of the Z bands separating sarcomeres from each other.

CONT

... chemical reaction ... regulated by calcium ions acting on troponin and tropomyosin, two other proteins that adhere to the surface of the actin filament.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cytologie
  • Biotechnologie
DEF

Protéine présente dans les muscles à côté de la myosine et dans la bande Z des myofibrilles.

CONT

[...] dans les cellules musculaires, [...] réaction chimique est réglée par l'action des ions calcium sur la troponine et la tropomyosine, deux autres protéines qui se fixent sur les filaments d'actine.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Citología
  • Biotecnología
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