Medical Definition of Desmin
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| A protein (53 kD) of intermediate filaments, somewhat similar to vimentin, but characteristic of muscle cells. Type III intermediate filament protein. Co-localises with synemin, paranemin and plectin in the appropriate cell types.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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