Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ribophorin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ri-bophorin
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of transmembrane glycoproteins located in the membrane of the rough endoplasmic reticulum, but absent in the membrane of the smooth endoplasmic reticulum.

Inflected Forms

ribophorins (plural)

Questions

What does ribophorin mean?: Any of a group of transmembrane glycoproteins located in the membrane of the rough endoplasmic reticulum, but absent in the membrane of the smooth endoplasmic reticulum.

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