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isoprotein

isoprotein noun: any of a family of closely-related proteins that have similar structural and functional properties.

Noun

isoprotein (plural isoproteins)

  1. Any of a family of closely-related proteins that have similar structural and functional properties.
    • The different isoproteins have been correlated with changes in plasma lipoprotein levels.1991, George Steiner, Primary Hyperlipoproteinemias, page 47

Forms of isoprotein

pluralisoproteins

Origin of isoprotein

From iso- + protein.

Questions about isoprotein

What does isoprotein mean?
Isoprotein means any of a family of closely-related proteins that have similar structural and functional properties.
What part of speech is isoprotein?
Isoprotein is a noun.
What is the plural of isoprotein?
The plural of isoprotein is isoproteins.

Words near isoprotein in the dictionary

  1. isoprostane
  2. isoprostanes
  3. isoprostanoid
  4. isoprostanoids
  5. isoproteic
  6. isoprotein
  7. isoproteins
  8. isoproterenol
  9. isoproterenols
  10. isoprothiolane
  11. isoproturon

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