Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nucleotidylexotransferase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
nu-cleotidylex-o-trans-ferase
IPA
41
Scrabble Score
25
Letters
5
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A specialized DNA polymerase expressed in immature, pre-B, pre-T lymphoid cells, and acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma cells, which adds N-nucleotides to the V, D, and J exons during antibody gene recombination.

Uncountable

Etymology

From nucleotide + -yl + transferase.

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Questions

What does nucleotidylexotransferase mean?
A specialized DNA polymerase expressed in immature, pre-B, pre-T lymphoid cells, and acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma cells, which adds N-nucleotides to the V, D, and J exons during antibody gene recombination.
Where does nucleotidylexotransferase come from?
From nucleotide + -yl + transferase.

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