isoform
noun
iso·form
ˈī-sə-ˌfȯrm 
: any of two or more functionally similar proteins that have a similar but not an identical amino acid sequence
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Depending on the changes, the cells produce different forms, or isoforms, of proteins.
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Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 8 June 2023
Vitamin E has eight different isoforms, or types, and each may do slightly different things in our bodies.
—Cosby Stone, The Conversation, 22 Nov. 2019
To be declared positive, a certain percentage of the resulting isoforms have to appear in a certain range, and that range is down, somewhat, to interpretation.
—Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 3 July 2018
Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 8 June 2023
Vitamin E has eight different isoforms, or types, and each may do slightly different things in our bodies.
—Cosby Stone, The Conversation, 22 Nov. 2019
To be declared positive, a certain percentage of the resulting isoforms have to appear in a certain range, and that range is down, somewhat, to interpretation.
—Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 3 July 2018
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isoform
noun
iso·form
ˈī-sə-ˌfȯrm
: any of two or more functionally similar proteins that have a similar but not identical amino acid sequence and are either encoded by different genes or by RNA transcripts from the same gene which have had different exons removed
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