isoform

isoform
iso·form 'ī-sə-.fȯrm n 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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iso·form (iґso-form″) any of a group of two or more different proteins that are produced by different genes and are specific to different tissues but have the same function and a similar sequence.

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