Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nucleoporin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
nu-cle-o-porin
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a family of porins that facilitates transport through nuclear pores in the nuclear envelope of cells

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *knuks Latin nux Latin nucleuslbor. English nucleus English nucleo- English porin English nucleoporin From nucleo- + porin.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does nucleoporin mean?
Any of a family of porins that facilitates transport through nuclear pores in the nuclear envelope of cells
Where does nucleoporin come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *knuks Latin nux Latin nucleuslbor. English nucleus English nucleo- English porin English nucleoporin From nucleo- + porin.

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