Demethylation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The removal of one or more methyl groups from a molecule.

    "That imprinted genes escape demethylation is, we now know, all that stood between science and the cloning of mammals for many years."

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"That imprinted genes escape demethylation is, we now know, all that stood between science and the cloning of mammals for many years."

Etymology

From de- + methylation.

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