macrolactin
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An antibacterial peptide produced by the silkworm Bombyx mori; the gene responsible for its production
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "In the present study, we report that 7-O-succinyl macrolactin A (SMA) suppresses tumor growth by stabilizing the β-catenin destruction complex, which was achieved through inhibition of regulatory components associated with the complex."