Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

formin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English

Syllables: formin
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of proteins involved in the polymerization of actin which associate with the fast-growing barbed end of an actin filament

Inflected Forms

formins (plural)

Derived Forms

FNBP1

Questions

What does formin mean?: Any of a group of proteins involved in the polymerization of actin which associate with the fast-growing barbed end of an actin filament

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