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paramyosin

paramyosin

English

Noun

paramyosin (uncountable)

  1. (biochemistry) A muscle protein, similar to myosin, present in some invertebrates
    • 2015 July 30, Rashika El Ridi, Ahmad A. Othman, Donald P. McManus, “Editorial: The Schistosomiasis Vaccine – It is Time to Stand up”, in Frontiers in Immunology, volume 6, DOI:10.3389/fimmu.2015.00390:
      The target of >40% protection has been achieved with some schistosome molecules such as fatty acid binding protein (Sm14), paramyosin, calpain large subunit (Sm80), superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione S-transferase (GST), glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase, and cysteine peptidases ( 2 ).