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Isoform vs Paralog - What's the difference?

isoform | paralog |

As nouns the difference between isoform and paralog

is that isoform is isoform while paralog is (genetics) either of a pair of genes that derive from the same ancestral gene.

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.)

    • paralog

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (genetics) either of a pair of genes that derive from the same ancestral gene

    • Alternative forms

    * paralogue

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