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isoenzyme

American

[ahy-soh-en-zahym] / ˌaɪ soʊˈɛn zaɪm /

noun

Biochemistry.

isozyme.

isoenzyme British

/ ˌaɪsəʊɛnˈzaɪmɪk, -ˈzɪm-, ˌaɪsəʊˈɛnzaɪm /

noun

another name for isozyme

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Other Word Forms

isoenzymic adjective

Etymology

Origin of isoenzyme

First recorded in 1955–60; iso- + enzyme

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Halbwirth added that understanding how the black dahlia manages to knock out the FNS isoenzyme activity could improve techniques for flower breeding and could be used to develop a marker for the color change.

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