Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of the chemically distinct forms of a protein that perform the same biochemical function, although often at different rates.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
p-iodoxyanisol , CH3OC6H4IO2. - noun An antiseptic powder composed of equal parts of iodoxyanisol and calcium phosphate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biochemistry Any of several different forms of the same
protein , arising from either single nucleotide polymorphisms, differential splicing ofmRNA , or post-translational modifications (e.g.sulfation ,glycosylation , etc.)
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Examples
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The first test, called the "isoform approach" was introduced in 2004.
BBC News - Home 2011
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The longer protein, termed isoform a, is the only form in brain, whereas both isoforms are present in all other tissues.
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(85 percent) of prion diseases in humans can be attributed to a spontaneous structural conversion of the cellular prion protein: Originally dominated by alpha-helices as structural elements, the prion protein is transformed into its misfolded "scrapie" isoform which is dominated by accordion-like folded protein sheets, so called beta-sheets.
innovations-report 2009
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Austin JC, Chacko SK, DiSanto M, Canning DA, Zderic SA: A male murine model of partial bladder outlet obstruction reveals changes in detrusor morphology, contractility and myosin isoform expression.
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Wu HY, Zderic SA, Wein AJ, Chacko S: Decrease in maximal force generation in the neonatal mouse bladder corresponds to shift in myosin heavy chain isoform composition.
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Brain tissue from the CWD-infected squirrel monkeys contained the abnormal isoform of the prion protein, PrP-res, and displayed spongiform degeneration.
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Brain tissue from the CWD-infected squirrel monkeys contained the abnormal isoform of the prion protein, PrP-res, and displayed spongiform degeneration.
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Ada pula TBG4 pTomβgal4 yang perannya tidak sama dengan TBG1, yaitu menghubungkan N-terminal sequence untuk isoform β-galactosidase II
Hubungan Antara Dinding Sel dan Pemasakan Buah – Netsains.Com 2010
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Prescriptions finasteride and finasteride has been shown to only curb limerick isoform of alpha redictase 5.
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Prescriptions finasteride and finasteride has been shown to at best govern one isoform of alpha redictase 5.
Links and Credits Theodora Goss 2009
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