Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deflox

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-flox
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove a DNA sequence from between two recombinase binding sequences such as "loxP"

Etymology

From de- + flox.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: de

Inflected Forms

defloxes (present, singular) defloxing (participle, present) defloxed (participle, past) defloxed (past)

Questions

What does deflox mean?: To remove a DNA sequence from between two recombinase binding sequences such as "loxP"
Where does deflox come from?: From de- + flox.

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