methylate
About 0.03 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To add, or treat with methyl alcohol (see methylated spirits)
- verb To add a methyl group to a compound
- verb To add a methyl group to a nucleic acid as part of the process of gene expression
- noun The anion -O-CH3 derived from methanol by loss of a proton; any salt containing this anion
Similar words
dimethylate demethylate trimethylate monomethylate methylenate carboxymethylate ethylate methoxylate methylesterify demethylenate
Often followed by
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Word family
methylated methylates methylating methylator methylators
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