Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

green fluorescent protein

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English

Syllables: green flu-o-res-cen-t pro-tein
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

23

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of protein produced by bioluminescent jellyfish of the genus Aequorea, that is used in biological research to trace the biosynthesis and movement of proteins in living organisms

Inflected Forms

green fluorescent proteins (plural)

Derived Forms

GFP

Questions

What does green fluorescent protein mean?: Any of a class of protein produced by bioluminescent jellyfish of the genus Aequorea, that is used in biological research to trace the biosynthesis and movement of proteins in living organisms

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