metavinculin

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

meta- +‎ vinculin

Noun[edit]

metavinculin (uncountable)

  1. A splice variant of the protein vinculin, found in smooth muscle and skeletal muscle.
    • 2016 January 1, “A Haplotype of Two Novel Polymorphisms in δ-Sarcoglycan Gene Increases Risk of Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Mongoloid Population”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      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.