francois jacob

1. 1.

   French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920)

   SynonymsJacob

   Broaderbiochemist

Questions about francois jacob

What does francois jacob mean?

francois jacob means "French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920)".

What is another word for francois jacob?

Close synonyms include Jacob. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is francois jacob a common word?

francois jacob is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.