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transmethylations

transmethylations is the plural of transmethylation.

Meaning of transmethylation

Noun

transmethylation (plural transmethylations)

  1. The transfer of a methyl group between molecules, especially between biological compounds such as amino acids or the components of nucleic acids.
    • It was realized that direct proof of the transfer of the methyl group (transmethylation) was highly desirable.1940 July, V Du Vigneaud, “The transfer of the methyl group from methionine to choline and creatine”, in The Journal of Biological Chemistry, page 787

Questions about transmethylations

What is transmethylations the plural of?
Transmethylations is the plural of transmethylation.

Words near transmethylations in the dictionary

  1. transmethylase
  2. transmethylases
  3. transmethylate
  4. transmethylated
  5. transmethylation
  6. transmethylations
  7. transmew
  8. transmewed
  9. transmewing
  10. transmews
  11. transmicrovascular

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