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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Wei B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5325693 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gene 20160113 1
Troponin T (TnT) is a central player in the calcium regulation of actin thin filament function and is essential for the contraction of striated muscles. Three homologous genes have evolved in vertebrates to encode three muscle type-specific TnT isoforms: TNNT1 for slow skeletal muscle TnT, TNNT2 for cardiac muscle TnT, and TNNT3 for fast skeletal muscle TnT. Alternative splicing and posttranslational modifications confer additional structural and functional variations of TnT during development a ...[more]