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n. (context biochemistry English) A protein that is a type III intermediate filament found near the Z line in sarcomeres.
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Desmin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DES gene. Desmin is a muscle-specific, type III intermediate filament that integrates the sarcolemma, Z disk and nuclear membrane in sarcomeres and regulates sarcomere architecture.
Usage examples of "desmin".
As Kesner explained why I was there, Desmin Grizzel stared out at me through those little blueberry eyes set back behind the squinty lids.
With enough Valium in them to quiet them down, they would take the money later on and sign the release and never dare reveal what had actually happened, hoping only that no collector in Rosedale Station ever bought one of those X tapes and recognized his neighbor's daughter or granddaughter in the jolly tattooed clutch of Desmin Grizzel.
She came back and sat where Desmin had been, braced her chin on broad brown little fists, and looked at me with flinty eyes.
There were a lot of Peter Kesners and Desmin Grizzels and Lindas and Jeanies and Josephines at large in the world, and my only function was to use some of Ron Esterland's money from his paintings to ease his curiosity about the death of his father.
Outlined against the blue sky beyond, I could see the silhouette of Desmin Grizzel from the waist up, standing there in the hard weave of the wicker basket, looking back down at us, motionless and intent.
Out of some vague impulse I raised an arm to Desmin Grizzel as he dwindled against the morning sky and saw him wave in response.
Using a trailer studio and Mercer, Linda, Jean Norman, Desmin Grizzel, and local young people, he was making pornographic video cassettes and Linda Harrigan was flying them over to Las Vegas and peddling them for cash on the line.
Through her contacts in the balloonist groups, she had heard that they had taken several statements from her to be used in prosecuting Desmin Grizzel, and they were confident that she was making a good enough recovery so that she would be able to testify against him in court.
From everything I have read about Desmin Grizzel, I think he is a survivor.
I think that Desmin Grizzel began to enjoy security, if not respectability.
Law enforcement units all over the Midwest were on the alert for any information as to the whereabouts of Desmin Grizzel.
Would she have walked over to a wall to talk across it to Desmin Grizzel?