"Troponin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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One of the minor protein components of skeletal and cardiac muscles. It functions as the calcium-binding component in a complex with BETA-TROPOMYOSIN; ACTIN; and MYOSIN and confers calcium sensitivity to the cross-linked actin and myosin filaments. Troponin itself is a complex of three regulatory proteins (TROPONIN C; TROPONIN I; and TROPONIN T).
| Descriptor ID |
D014336
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D05.500.945 D05.750.078.730.825 D12.776.210.500.910 D12.776.220.525.825
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| Concept/Terms |
Troponin- Troponin
- Troponins
- Troponin Complex
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