Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

protelomerase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-telom-erase
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any enzyme that generates and protects "hairpin" telomeres

Example Sentences

"The parental pDNA (Fig 3) is composed of an^([sic]) eukaryotic expression cassette flanked by two multi-target sites, called "Super Sequence" (SS), acting as recognition sites for PY54 bacteriophage derived Tel protelomerase."

Etymology

From pro- + telomer + -ase.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pro
Suffix: telomer

Inflected Forms

protelomerases (plural)

Questions

What does protelomerase mean?: Any enzyme that generates and protects "hairpin" telomeres
Where does protelomerase come from?: From pro- + telomer + -ase.

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