Definition
noun, plural: isoforms
Any of the proteins with the same function and similar amino acid sequence, encoded by different genes (or by RNA transcript).
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Examples are creatine kinase, the presence of which in the blood can be used as an aid in the diagnosis of myocardial infarction, exists in three isoforms.
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