NASA’s Twins Study preliminary results have revealed that space travel causes an increase in methylation, the process of turning genes on and off.
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Methylation
//ˌmɛθɪˈleɪʃən//
Synonyms for "methylation"
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15 entriesTranslations
18 translations across 18 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- metilació noun (addition of a methyl group)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 甲基化 noun (addition of a methyl group)
Finnish
1 entries- metylaatio noun (addition of a methyl group)
French
1 entries- méthylation noun (addition of a methyl group)
Georgian
1 entries- მეთილირება noun (addition of a methyl group)
German
1 entries- Methylierung noun (addition of a methyl group)
Hebrew
1 entries- מתילציה noun (addition of a methyl group)
Indonesian
1 entries- metilasi noun (addition of a methyl group)
Italian
1 entries- metilazione noun (addition of a methyl group)
Japanese
1 entries- メチル化 noun (addition of a methyl group)
Kazakh
1 entries- метилдеу noun (addition of a methyl group)
Korean
1 entries- 메틸화 noun (addition of a methyl group)
Malay
1 entries- pemetilan noun (addition of a methyl group)
Polish
1 entries- metylacja noun (addition of a methyl group)
Portuguese
1 entries- metilação noun (addition of a methyl group)
Russian
1 entries- метилирование noun (addition of a methyl group)
Spanish
1 entries- metilación noun (addition of a methyl group)
Urdu
1 entries- میثائلیت noun (addition of a methyl group)
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