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histone deacetylases

histone deacetylases is the plural of histone deacetylase.

Meaning of histone deacetylase

Noun

histone deacetylase (plural histone deacetylases)

  1. Any of a class of enzymes that remove acetyl groups from lysine amino acids in proteins, especially the histone proteins of the nucleus

Questions about histone deacetylases

What is histone deacetylases the plural of?
Histone deacetylases is the plural of histone deacetylase.

Words near histone deacetylases in the dictionary

  1. histomorphometrists
  2. histomorphometry
  3. Histon
  4. histone
  5. histone deacetylase
  6. histone deacetylases
  7. histones
  8. histoneurology
  9. histonomy
  10. histoparaffin
  11. histopath

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