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Tropomyosin

Known as: Tropomyosin [Chemical/Ingredient], Tropomyosins 
A protein found in the thin filaments of muscle fibers. It inhibits contraction of the muscle unless its position is modified by TROPONIN.
National Institutes of Health

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Actin myofilamentActomyosinCardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic, FamilialIn Blood

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Actin-Binding Protein

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CARDIOMYOPATHY, FAMILIAL HYPERTROPHIC, 3 (disorder)MiniparamyosinParamyosinTPM2 protein, human

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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Determination of the alpha-actinin-binding site on actin filaments by cryoelectron microscopy and image analysis
The three-dimensional structure of actin filaments decorated with the actin-binding domain of chick smooth muscle alpha-actinin… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Characterization of in vitro motility assays using smooth muscle and cytoplasmic myosins.
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Studies on cardiac myofibrillogenesis with antibodies to titin, actin, tropomyosin, and myosin
Cardiac myofibrillogenesis was examined in cultured chick cardiac cells by immunofluorescence using antibodies against titin… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Isolation and functional comparison of bovine cardiac troponin T isoforms.
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Identification of clones that encode chicken tropomyosin by direct immunological screening of a cDNA expression library.
A cDNA library of approximately equal to 9,000 members has been prepared from chicken smooth muscle mRNA by using the plasmid… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
7-Chloro-4-nitrobenzeno-2-oxa-1,3-diazole actin as a probe for actin polymerization.
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Structural interpretation of the two-site binding of troponin on the muscle thin filament.
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Inhibition of proteolytic activity of calcium activated neutral protease by leupeptin and antipain.
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Myosin-linked calcium regulation in vertebrate smooth muscle.
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
The amino acid sequence of rabbit skeletal muscle troponin C: Gene replication and homology with calcium ‐binding proteins from carp and hake muscle
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