Isoform

... meant by splice isoforms. I used to think that they are the products of alternate splicing. But I was reading a paper on: "mTORbeta Splicing Isoform Promotes Cell Proliferation and Tumorigenesis" And I got confused and decided to get the basic definition right. Google wasnt very helpful ...

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... which are redundant, they should do the same at the same time and at the same stage. However, usually they are only partially redundant, e.g. ine isoform is expressed in brain, spleen and heart, second in gastrointestinal tract, muscles, spleen and heart and third in brain and muscles. Thus, if ...

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... use some proteins. Either enzymatic activity (than it must be unique to the compartment) or blott (than there must be at least one distinguishable isoform in that compartment). For some, you could use evolution of gases.

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revers-transcribe the mRNA with polyT primers and then do real-time PCR with primers specific for each isoform gene...

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... hox4 protein [Ciona intestina... 57.4 2e-07 gi|306879|gb|AAA36007.1| homeo box c8 protein 57.0 3e-07 gi|24497544|ref|NP_710160.1| homeobox C6 isoform 2 [Homo sapi... 57.0 3e-07 gi|51474|emb|CAA34517.1| unnamed protein product [Mus musculus] 57.0 3e-07 gi|18026216|gb|AAL25809.1| antennapedia ...

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