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homomethylate

homomethylate verb: to methylate both strands of DNA.

Verb

homomethylate (third-person singular simple present homomethylates, present participle homomethylating, simple past and past participle homomethylated)

  1. To methylate both strands of DNA

Forms of homomethylate

third-person singular presenthomomethylates
present participlehomomethylating
past participlehomomethylated
pasthomomethylated

Origin of homomethylate

From homo- + methylate.

Questions about homomethylate

What does homomethylate mean?
Homomethylate means to methylate both strands of DNA.
What part of speech is homomethylate?
Homomethylate is a verb.
What is the past tense of homomethylate?
The past tense of homomethylate is homomethylated.

Words near homomethylate in the dictionary

  1. homomesic
  2. homomesy
  3. homometallic
  4. homomethionine
  5. homomethionines
  6. homomethylate
  7. homomethylated
  8. homomisia
  9. homomisic
  10. homomolecular
  11. homomolecule

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