Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tunicamycin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tu-ni-camycin
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An enzyme-inhibiting antibiotic, used as an experimental tool in biology.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The glycosylation inhibitor tunicamycin, which increases the level of unfolded proteins, also induced P hsp-4 ::GFP expression."

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does tunicamycin mean?: An enzyme-inhibiting antibiotic, used as an experimental tool in biology.

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