noun
- Plural of isoform; different forms of a protein or enzyme that have the same function but differ in amino acid sequence or structure.
Usage: technical; biology; biochemistry
Examples
- The muscle and liver tissues express different isoforms of lactate dehydrogenase.
- Scientists identified multiple isoforms of the enzyme that catalyze the same reaction.
- These isoforms arise from alternative splicing of the same gene.
- The cardiac isoforms of troponin differ from skeletal muscle isoforms.
- Researchers studied how different isoforms respond to cellular stress.