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importin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables
im-portin
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various karyopherins that move other protein molecules into the cell nucleus by binding to a specific recognition sequence.

Etymology

Etymology tree English import Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English importin From import + -in.

Inflected Forms

importins (plural)

Questions

What does importin mean?
Any of various karyopherins that move other protein molecules into the cell nucleus by binding to a specific recognition sequence.
Where does importin come from?
Etymology tree English import Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English importin From import + -in.

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