Connectin
"Connectin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A giant elastic protein of molecular mass ranging from 2,993 kDa (cardiac), 3,300 kDa (psoas), to 3,700 kDa (soleus) having a kinase domain. The amino- terminal is involved in a Z line binding, and the carboxy-terminal region is bound to the myosin filament with an overlap between the counter-connectin filaments at the M line.
| Descriptor ID |
D064211
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.913.696.620.682.324 D12.776.210.500.246
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| Concept/Terms |
Myomesin- Myomesin
- Skelemins
- M-Protein (muscle)
- Muscle M-Line Protein
- M-Line Protein, Muscle
- Muscle M Line Protein
- Protein, Muscle M-Line
- M-Band Proteins
- M Band Proteins
- Proteins, M-Band
- M-Line 185 kDa Protein
- M Line 185 kDa Protein
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