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methylguanosine

methylguanosine noun: a methyl derivative of guanosine that is added to the "front" end of a eukaryotic messenger RNA shortly after the start of transcription.

Noun

methylguanosine (countable and uncountable, plural methylguanosines)

  1. A methyl derivative of guanosine that is added to the "front" end of a eukaryotic messenger RNA shortly after the start of transcription.

Forms of methylguanosine

pluralmethylguanosines

Origin of methylguanosine

From methyl- + guanosine.

Questions about methylguanosine

What does methylguanosine mean?
Methylguanosine means a methyl derivative of guanosine that is added to the "front" end of a eukaryotic messenger RNA shortly after the start of transcription.
What part of speech is methylguanosine?
Methylguanosine is a noun.
What is the plural of methylguanosine?
The plural of methylguanosine is methylguanosines.

Words near methylguanosine in the dictionary

  1. methylglutaric acid
  2. methylglyoxal
  3. methylglyoxalase
  4. methylguanidinase
  5. methylguanine
  6. methylguanosine
  7. methylguanosines
  8. methylhexanamine
  9. methylhexaneamine
  10. methylhistamine
  11. methylhistamines

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