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Acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminyl

Posted on October 3, 2007 by Simon

Wednesday wiki: Acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminyl:

 This 1185-letter “word” is the third chemical name for “Coat Protein, Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Dahlemense Strain”. It is supposedly the longest word in the English language.

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