Troponin

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A calcium-regulated protein in muscle tissue occurring in three subunits with tropomyosin.
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  • n. A complex of three regulatory proteins that is integral to muscle contraction in skeletal and cardiac muscle, or any member of this complex. The level of troponin in the blood is often used as an indicator of heart damage.
    • Word Usage
    "The test that's used conventionally is called troponin, which is just a protein that measures whether there's been death of heart cell, muscle cell tissue."
     
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