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hydroxymethylome

hydroxymethylome noun: the set of hydroxymethylation modifications in an organism's genome.

Noun

hydroxymethylome (plural hydroxymethylomes)

  1. The set of hydroxymethylation modifications in an organism's genome
    • Additionally, we performed quantification of 5hmC amount and added functional prediction analysis of identified TET alterations to evaluate the biological impact of these alterations on the hydroxymethylome.2015 July 15, Theo F. J. Kraus et al., “Genetic Characterization of Ten-Eleven-Translocation Methylcytosine Dioxygenase Alterations in Human Glioma”, in Journal of Cancer, volume 6, →DOI

Forms of hydroxymethylome

pluralhydroxymethylomes

Origin of hydroxymethylome

From hydroxy- + methylome or hydroxymethyl + -ome.

Questions about hydroxymethylome

What does hydroxymethylome mean?
Hydroxymethylome means the set of hydroxymethylation modifications in an organism's genome.
What part of speech is hydroxymethylome?
Hydroxymethylome is a noun.
What is the plural of hydroxymethylome?
The plural of hydroxymethylome is hydroxymethylomes.

Words near hydroxymethylome in the dictionary

  1. hydroxymethylenes
  2. hydroxymethylfurfural
  3. hydroxymethylglutarate
  4. hydroxymethylidene
  5. hydroxymethylnitrofurantoin
  6. hydroxymethylome
  7. hydroxymethylomes
  8. hydroxymethylpentylcyclohexenecarboxaldehyde
  9. hydroxymethyls
  10. hydroxymethylsulfonate
  11. hydroxymethyltransferase

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