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isoform
noun iso·form \ˈī-sə-ˌfȯrm\
Definition of ISOFORM
: any of two or more functionally similar proteins that have a similar but not an identical amino acid sequence
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First Known Use of ISOFORM
1983
Medical Dictionary
isoform
noun iso·form \ˈī-sə-ˌfȯrm\
Medical Definition of ISOFORM
: 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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