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Definition of Actomyosin
1. Noun. A protein complex in muscle fibers; composed of myosin and actin; shortens when stimulated and causes muscle contractions.
Definition of Actomyosin
1. Noun. (biochemistry) A protein complex composed fo actin and myosin, found in muscle cells. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Actomyosin
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Actomyosin
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Actomyosin
Literary usage of Actomyosin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"Ca2+ regulation is rapidly lost in actomyosin from vascular smooth muscle (2).
... It is therefore possible that actomyosin from vascular smooth muscle also ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"The structural proteins of mitochondria and chloroplasts are similar—both may
contain an actomyosin-like contractile protein, and both show contraction ..."
3. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"... pH of 5-3 to 5-5 than at in vivo values, since this range is near the isoelectric
point of the principal constituent proteins, the actomyosin group. ..."
4. Fish Fermentation Technology by Cherl-Ho Lee, Keith H. Steinkraus, P.J. Alan Reilly (1993)
"... and though a neutral protease has been isolated, an activity against fish
myofibrils or actomyosin could not be demonstrated (Makinodan et al. ,1979). ..."
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