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Isoform vs Actin - What's the difference?

isoform | actin |

As nouns the difference between isoform and actin

is that isoform is (biochemistry) any of several different forms of the same protein, arising from either single nucleotide polymorphisms, differential splicing of mrna, or post-translational modifications (eg sulfation, glycosylation, etc) while actin is (protein|uncountable) a globular structural protein that polymerizes in a helical fashion to form an actin filament (or microfilament).

isoform

English

Noun

(protein isoform) (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) Any of several different forms of the same protein, arising from either single nucleotide polymorphisms, differential splicing of mRNA, or post-translational modifications (e.g. sulfation, glycosylation, etc.)

    • actin

    English

    Noun

  • (protein, uncountable) A globular structural protein that polymerizes in a helical fashion to form an actin filament (or microfilament).
  • (protein, countable) One of the six isoforms of actin.

    • Derived terms

    * actomyosin * conductin * isoactin

    See also

    * actinic * myosin

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