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isoforms

isoforms is the plural of isoform.

Meaning of isoform

Noun

isoform (plural isoforms)

  1. Any of several different forms of the same protein, arising from either single nucleotide polymorphisms, differential splicing of mRNA, or post-translational modifications (e.g. sulfation, glycosylation, etc.)
    • Intriguingly, the rat C1b isoform of the calcitonin receptor (CTR) (see Section VI-B) has very little interaction with the thyroidally derived form of calcitonin.1997, Louis V. Avioli, Metabolic Bone Disease and Clinically Related Disorders, page 98

Questions about isoforms

What is isoforms the plural of?
Isoforms is the plural of isoform.

Words near isoforms in the dictionary

  1. isofluxes
  2. isofocusing
  3. isoform
  4. isoformal
  5. isoformic
  6. isoforms
  7. isofrequency
  8. isofrequential
  9. isofucosterol
  10. isofucoxanthin
  11. isofunctional

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