Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

antiholin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-ti-holin
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any protein that counters the effect of holin; a gene responsible for such a protein

Example Sentences

"Analysis of the 30–84 genome revealed that it also harbors homologs of cidA and lrg, the holin and antiholin genes found in P."

Etymology

From anti- + holin.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: anti

Inflected Forms

antiholins (plural)

Questions

What does antiholin mean?: Any protein that counters the effect of holin; a gene responsible for such a protein
Where does antiholin come from?: From anti- + holin.

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