Medical Definition of Transgelin
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Transformation and shape change sensitive isoform of 21 kD actin binding protein. Highly conserved (as far back as yeast), binds F actin (1:6 transgelin:G actin) and causes gelation. Similar, but not identical, to calponin.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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