Organic Chemical
protein isoform
Subclass of:
Proteins
Definitions related to protein isoforms:
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(isoform) Refers to variants of the same protein which can be separated on special conducting media using electrophoresis. The differences may arise from genetically determined differences in primary structure or by modification of the same primary sequence.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Genetic variants of the same protein between various organisms, tissues, developmental stages, etc.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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Different forms of a protein that may be produced from different GENES, or from the same gene by ALTERNATIVE SPLICING.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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