English Explanatory Dictionary

methylation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The addition of a methyl group to a molecule.
The addition of a methyl group to cytosine and adenine residues in DNA that leads to the epigenetic modification of DNA and the reduction of gene expression and protein production.

Pronunciation

/ˌmɛθɪˈleɪʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-methylation.wav

Word forms

methylation methylations

Etymology

From methyl + -ation.

Related words

ethylation methylate

Derived words

automethylation biomethylation demethylation dimethylation hemimethylation hydromethylation hypermethylation hypomethylation methylational mismethylation monomethylation multimethylation nonmethylation overmethylation permethylation remethylation transmethylation undermethylation unmethylation

Translations

Catalan: metilació Chinese Mandarin: 甲基化 Finnish: metylaatio French: méthylation Georgian: მეთილირება German: Methylierung Hebrew: מתילציה Indonesian: metilasi Italian: metilazione Japanese: メチル化 Kazakh: метилдеу Korean: 메틸화 Malay: pemetilan Polish: metylacja Portuguese: metilação Russian: метилирование Spanish: metilación Urdu: میثائلیت

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