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methylosome

methylosome noun: a cluster of proteins responsible for methylation.

Noun

methylosome (plural methylosomes)

  1. A cluster of proteins responsible for methylation

Forms of methylosome

pluralmethylosomes

Origin of methylosome

From methyl + -some.

Questions about methylosome

What does methylosome mean?
Methylosome means a cluster of proteins responsible for methylation.
What part of speech is methylosome?
Methylosome is a noun.
What is the plural of methylosome?
The plural of methylosome is methylosomes.

Words near methylosome in the dictionary

  1. methylome
  2. methylomes
  3. methylomic
  4. methylomics
  5. methylone
  6. methylosome
  7. methylosomes
  8. methylotroph
  9. methylotrophic
  10. methylotrophically
  11. methylotrophs

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