Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

metavinculin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: metavin-culin
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A splice variant of the protein vinculin, found in smooth muscle and skeletal muscle.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"About half of the genes encode sarcomeric proteins including α-cardiac actin, myosin heavy chain, troponin, tropomyosin, metavinculin, α-actinin and therefore overlap with those in HCM."

Etymology

From meta- + vinculin.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: meta

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does metavinculin mean?: A splice variant of the protein vinculin, found in smooth muscle and skeletal muscle.
Where does metavinculin come from?: From meta- + vinculin.

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