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A crystallizable protein of relatively low molecular weight found in muscle.

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  • Tropomyosins in mammals, fish and birds are at least 90% identical to at least one human tropomyosin and none have been reported to be allergenic.
  • (TPM1), a gene that normally makes the muscle protein tropomyosin.
  • "MicroRNA-21 targets the tumor suppressor gene tropomyosin 1 (TPM 1),"
  • Lin JC, Tarn WY (2005) Exon selection in alpha-tropomyosin mRNA is regulated by the antagonistic action of RBM4 and PTB.
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  • This word was used in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals.
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