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chromomethylase

chromomethylase noun: any enzyme that catalyses the methylation of chromatin.

Noun

chromomethylase (plural chromomethylases)

  1. Any enzyme that catalyses the methylation of chromatin
    • For the families DNMT2, DNMT3 and chromomethylase, these values are 65, 36–52%, and 53–60%, respectively, for both species.2015 August 18, Clelia De-la-Peña et al., “The role of chromatin modifications in somatic embryogenesis in plants”, in Frontiers in Plant Science, volume 6, →DOI

Forms of chromomethylase

pluralchromomethylases

Origin of chromomethylase

From chromo- + methylase.

Questions about chromomethylase

What does chromomethylase mean?
Chromomethylase means any enzyme that catalyses the methylation of chromatin.
What part of speech is chromomethylase?
Chromomethylase is a noun.
What is the plural of chromomethylase?
The plural of chromomethylase is chromomethylases.

Words near chromomethylase in the dictionary

  1. chromomere
  2. chromomeres
  3. chromomeric
  4. chromometer
  5. chromometers
  6. chromomethylase
  7. chromomethylases
  8. chromometric
  9. chromometry
  10. chromomycin
  11. chromomycins

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