allozyme

English

Noun

allozyme (plural allozymes)

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

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