acroplaxome
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Herein, we report the structural characterization of a plate present in the subacrosomal space and linking the developing acrosome to the spermatid nucleus. This plate, which we designate acroplaxome (from the Greek words akros, topmost; platys, flat; sõma, body), consists of F-actin and Sak57 and is bordered by a marginal ring."
- "Concomitantly, pro-acrosomal vesicles derived from the TMF -/- Golgi lacked targeting properties and did not tether to the spermatid nuclear membrane thereby failing to form the acrosome anchoring scaffold, the acroplaxome, around the cell-nucleus."
- "Acrosome development is accomplished by F-actin–rich structures present in the subacrosomal space; these structures have been termed the acroplaxome (an actin-based scaffold that anchors the acrosome to the nuclear membrane) and the marginal ring (an actin-rich structure at the leading edge of the spreading acrosome)."
Etymology
According to the authors of its first attestation, from acro- + Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “flat”) + -some, but synonymous πλάξ (pláx) fits better.