Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bactofilin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bactofil-in
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cytoskeletal element that forms filaments throughout the cells of the rod-shaped proteobacterium Myxococcus xanthus.

Example Sentences

"Many of the genomes containing bactofilin genes have multiple paralogous copies, which can be organized in an operon-like structure, or can be present at distinct genomic sites."

Inflected Forms

bactofilins (plural)

Questions

What does bactofilin mean?: A cytoskeletal element that forms filaments throughout the cells of the rod-shaped proteobacterium Myxococcus xanthus.

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