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Motif vs Forkhead - What's the difference?

motif | forkhead |

In biochemistry|lang=en terms the difference between motif and forkhead

is that motif is (biochemistry) in a nucleotide or amino-acid sequence, pattern that is widespread and has, or is conjectured to have, a biological significance while forkhead is (biochemistry) a sequence of amino acids that forms a motif, in fox proteins, that binds to dna.

As nouns the difference between motif and forkhead

is that motif is a recurring or dominant element; a theme while forkhead is (obsolete) an arrow with a barbed tip.

motif

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A recurring or dominant element; a theme.
    • See how the artist repeats the scroll motif throughout the work?
  • (music) A short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work
  • A decorative figure that is repeated in a design
  • (crystallography) The physical object or objects repeated at each point of a lattice. Usually atoms or molecules.
  • A basic element of a move in terms of why the piece moves and how it supports the fulfilment of a stipulation.
  • (biochemistry) In a nucleotide or amino-acid sequence, pattern that is widespread and has, or is conjectured to have, a biological significance.

    • Related terms

    * motive ----

    forkhead

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An arrow with a barbed tip.
  • *1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.5:
  • *:With that at him a quiv'ring dart he threw, / With so fell force, and villeinous despite, / That through his haberjeon the forkehead flew, / And through the linked mayles empierced quite [...].
  • (biochemistry) A sequence of amino acids that forms a motif, in FOX proteins, that binds to DNA