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chromomethylases

chromomethylases is the plural of chromomethylase.

Meaning of chromomethylase

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

Questions about chromomethylases

What is chromomethylases the plural of?
Chromomethylases is the plural of chromomethylase.

Words near chromomethylases in the dictionary

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

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