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metavinculin en · NOUN

Etymology

From meta- + vinculin.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A splice variant of the protein vinculin, found in smooth muscle and skeletal muscle.
    • About half of the genes encode sarcomeric proteins including α-cardiac actin, myosin heavy chain, troponin, tropomyosin, metavinculin, α-actinin and therefore overlap with those in HCM. 2016 January 1, “A Haplotype of Two Novel Polymorphisms in δ-Sarcoglycan Gene Increases Risk of Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Mongoloid Population”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: