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brefeldin a

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
brefeld-in a
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lactone antibiotic produced by fungal organisms such as Eupenicillium brefeldianum, inhibiting transport of proteins from ER to Golgi and inducing retrograde protein transport from the Golgi apparatus to the endoplasmic reticulum.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Eupenicillium brefeldianum (a fungus in which it is found) + -in.

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What does brefeldin a mean?
A lactone antibiotic produced by fungal organisms such as Eupenicillium brefeldianum, inhibiting transport of proteins from ER to Golgi and inducing retrograde protein transport from the Golgi apparatus to the endoplasmic reticulum.
Where does brefeldin a come from?
From Eupenicillium brefeldianum (a fungus in which it is found) + -in.

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