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downmethylate

downmethylate verb: to methylate (a gene) less than usually.

Verb

downmethylate (third-person singular simple present downmethylates, present participle downmethylating, simple past and past participle downmethylated)

  1. To methylate (a gene) less than usually

Antonyms of downmethylate

Forms of downmethylate

third-person singular presentdownmethylates
present participledownmethylating
past participledownmethylated
pastdownmethylated

Questions about downmethylate

What does downmethylate mean?
Downmethylate means to methylate (a gene) less than usually.
What part of speech is downmethylate?
Downmethylate is a verb.
What is the past tense of downmethylate?
The past tense of downmethylate is downmethylated.

Words near downmethylate in the dictionary

  1. downmarket
  2. downmarketed
  3. downmarketing
  4. downmarkets
  5. downmass
  6. downmethylate
  7. downmethylation
  8. downmix
  9. downmixed
  10. downmixes
  11. downmixing

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