Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

posttranslational modification

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables: post-trans-la-tion-al -mod-i-fi-ca-tion
IPA

39

Scrabble Score

29

Letters

10

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several types of modification made to a protein subsequent to the translation phase of its biosynthesis

Inflected Forms

posttranslational modifications (plural)

Questions

What does posttranslational modification mean?: Any of several types of modification made to a protein subsequent to the translation phase of its biosynthesis

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