allozyme

English

Noun

allozyme (plural allozymes)

1. (genetics, biochemistry) Either form of an enzyme specified by an allelic gene.

   Hypernym: isoform

   Near-synonyms: isoenzyme, isozyme

   • 1997, “Hydrothermal Vent Fauna”, in Advances in Marine Biology: The Biogeography of the Oceans, page 111:

     […] suggesting the two are different stages of the same species. The identity of the two species is further suggested by allozyme analysis […]

Derived terms

• allozymic

Translations

either form of an enzyme specified by an allelic gene

Italian: allozima (it) m Portuguese: alozima f, aloenzima f