Translations for myosin in the English»Italian Dictionary (Go to Italian»English)

myosin [Brit ˈmʌɪə(ʊ)sɪn, Am ˈmaɪəsən] N

- Show synonyms for myosin.
- Send us feedback

myosin

Translations for myosin in the Italian»English Dictionary (Go to English»Italian)

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

myosin

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

His research is focused on studying molecular motors particularly myosin. en.wikipedia.org

Muscles contract by sliding the thin (actin) and thick (myosin) filaments along each other. en.wikipedia.org

For instance, movements of the proteins actin and myosin ultimately are responsible for the contraction of skeletal muscle. en.wikipedia.org

Each myosin protein paddles along the thin actin filament, repeatedly binding to myosin-binding sites along the actin filament, ratcheting and letting go. en.wikipedia.org

Energy is released and stored in the myosin head to utilize for later movement. en.wikipedia.org

Many pelagic fish with higher fat contents lack the needed type of heat-curing myosin and are not used for surimi. en.wikipedia.org

Thus, the degree to and velocity of which a whole smooth muscle contracts depends on the level of phosphorylation of myosin heads. en.wikipedia.org

Like skeletal muscle, the primary structural proteins of cardiac muscle are myosin and actin. en.wikipedia.org

During the resting phase the tropomyosin covers the actins active sites so that the actin-myosin interaction can not take place and produce muscular contraction. en.wikipedia.org

Myosin is present in the region of the contractile ring as concentrated microfilaments and actin filaments are predominant in this region. en.wikipedia.org

Would you like to add some words, phrases or translations?

Submit a new entry.

Browse the dictionary

English

Look up "myosin" in other languages

Choose your language Deutsch | български | Ελληνικά | English | Español | Français | Italiano | Polski | Português | Русский | Slovenščina | Srpski