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muscleblind

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mus-cle-blind
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a family of proteins that are RNA-binding factors.

Uncountable

noun

Any of the genes associated with these proteins.

Uncountable

Etymology

From muscle + blind. The muscleblind gene in Drosophila flies is necessary to the development of muscles and eye photoreceptors.

Usage

Questions

What does muscleblind mean?
Any of a family of proteins that are RNA-binding factors.
Where does muscleblind come from?
From muscle + blind. The muscleblind gene in Drosophila flies is necessary to the development of muscles and eye photoreceptors.

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