"tropomyosin" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌtɹəʊ.pəʊˈmʌɪ.əs.ɪn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌtɹəʊ.pəˈmʌɪ.əs.ɪn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌtɹɑp.əˈmaɪ.əs.ɪn/ [General-American], /ˌtɹoʊ.pəˈmaɪ.əs.ɪn/ [General-American] Forms: tropomyosins [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τρόπος (trópos, “turn”, noun) + myosin. Etymology templates: {{af|en|τρόπος|myosin|lang1=grc|pos1=noun|t1=turn}} Ancient Greek τρόπος (trópos, “turn”, noun) + myosin Head templates: {{en-noun}} tropomyosin (plural tropomyosins)
  1. (biochemistry) A protein involved in muscle contraction. It is related to myosin and occurs together with troponin in the thin filaments of muscle tissue. Wikipedia link: tropomyosin Categories (topical): Biochemistry, Proteins Derived forms: troponin Translations (biochemistry: protein involved in muscle contraction): tropomyosine [feminine] (French), tropomiosina [feminine] (Galician), Tropomyosin [neuter] (German), tropomiosin (Indonesian), tropomiosina [feminine] (Italian), トロポミオシン (toropomioshin) (Japanese), tropomiozyna (Polish), tropomiosina [feminine] (Portuguese), тропомиози́н (tropomiozín) [masculine] (Russian), tropomiosina [feminine] (Spanish), tropomyosin [neuter] (Swedish), tropomyosin (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-tropomyosin-en-noun-j9zSET4A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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