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  • adjective Not muscle, or unrelated to muscle

Etymologies

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non- +‎ muscle

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Examples

  • Activation of the so-called nonmuscle myosins causes the cytoskeleton to contract, much like an arm muscle does when it lifts a heavy object.

    News from The Scientist 2009

  • "Scientists have tried for 20 years to convert nonmuscle cells into heart muscle, but it turns out we just needed the right combination of genes at the right dose," said Dr. Ieda.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • "Scientists have tried for 20 years to convert nonmuscle cells into heart muscle, but it turns out we just needed the right combination of genes at the right dose," Ieda, now at the

    Ottawa Sun 2010

  • "Scientists have tried for 20 years to convert nonmuscle cells into heart muscle, but it turns out we just needed the right combination of genes at the right dose," Ieda, now at the

    Toronto Sun 2010

  • "Scientists have tried for 20 years to convert nonmuscle cells into heart muscle, but it turns out we just needed the right combination of genes at the right dose," said lead researcher Dr. Masaki Ieda.

    Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine 2010

  • "Scientists have tried for 20 years to convert nonmuscle cells into heart muscle, but it turns out we just needed the right combination of genes at the right dose," Ieda, now at the

    Winnipeg Sun 2010

  • "Scientists have tried for 20 years to convert nonmuscle cells into heart muscle, but it turns out we just needed the right combination of genes at the right dose," said Dr. Ieda.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Guideline for the management of nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer (stages Ta, T1 and Tis):

    All MayoClinic.com Topics 2010

  • Activity of classical PKC isoenzymes was responsible for the loss of cell-cell contacts which was accompanied by cell rounding, phosphorylation and relocalization of the F-actin motor nonmuscle myosin (NM) II.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Stanislav N Samarin Andrei I Ivanov 2009

  • Lacombe A, Lee H, Zahed L, et al. Disruption of POF1B binding to nonmuscle actin filaments is associated with premature ovarian failure.

    New England Journal of Medicine 2009

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