Proteins found in intermediate filaments that copolymerizes with vimentin to form constituents of connective tissue, cell walls, filaments, etc. Found in Z disk of skeletal and cardiac muscle cells.
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des·min (dezґmin) a protein that polymerizes to form the intermediate filaments of muscle cells; it is used as an immunohistochemical marker of these cells. See also desmin filaments.Medical dictionary. 2011.