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TPM2 protein, human

Known as: beta tropomyosin, human, Tropomyosin Beta Chain, tropomyosin 2 (beta) protein, human 
Tropomyosin beta chain (284 aa, ~33 kDa) is encoded by the human TPM2 gene. This protein plays a role in muscle contraction.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
The calpain-calpastatin system and protein degradation in fusing myoblasts.
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
A novel mechanism of aberrant pre-mRNA splicing in humans.
Eukaryotic pre-mRNA splicing is regulated by consensus sequences at the intron boundaries and branch site. Recently, Sirand… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Tissue-specific splicing in vivo of the beta-tropomyosin gene: dependence on an RNA secondary structure.
The beta-tropomyosin gene in chicken contains two mutually exclusive exons (exons 6A and 6B) which are used by the splicing… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Alternative splicing of beta-tropomyosin pre-mRNA: cis-acting elements and cellular factors that block the use of a skeletal muscle exon in nonmuscle cells.
The rat beta-tropomyosin (beta-TM) gene encodes both skeletal muscle beta-TM and fibroblast TM-1 by an alternative RNA-splicing… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Preferential assembly of the tropomyosin heterodimer: equilibrium studies.
Thermal unfolding/refolding studies of the three tropomyosin dimers, alpha alpha, alpha beta, and beta beta, from chicken gizzard… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Identification of two distinct intron elements involved in alternative splicing of beta-tropomyosin pre-mRNA.
The rat beta-tropomyosin gene encodes two isoforms, termed skeletal muscle beta-tropomyosin and fibroblast last tropomyosim 1 (TM… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Alternative splicing of tropomyosin pre-mRNAs in vitro and in vivo.
A single rat gene encodes both fibroblast TM-1 and skeletal muscle beta-tropomyosin by an alternative RNA-processing mechanism… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Amino acid sequence of chicken gizzard beta-tropomyosin. Comparison of the chicken gizzard, rabbit skeletal, and equine platelet tropomyosins.
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
A comparison of the amino acid sequences of rabbit skeletal muscle alpha- and beta-tropomyosins.
Elucidation of the complete amino acid sequence of rabbit skeletal beta-tropomyosin has shown that it has the same number of… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Phosphorylation of subunit proteins of intermediate filaments from chicken muscle and nonmuscle cells.
The phosphorylation of the subunit proteins of intermediate (10-nm) filaments has been investigated in chicken muscle and… 
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