methylation

See also: méthylation

English

Etymology

From methyl +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɛθɪˈleɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

methylation (countable and uncountable, plural methylations)

1. (chemistry) The addition of a methyl group to a molecule.
2. (genetics) 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.

Derived terms

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

 

Related terms

• ethylation
• methylate

Translations

addition of a methyl group

• Catalan: metilació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 甲基化 (jiǎjīhuà)

• French: méthylation (fr) f
• Georgian: მეთილირება (metilireba)
• German: Methylierung f
• Hebrew: מתילציה (he)
• Italian: metilazione (it) f
• Japanese: メチル化 (メチルか, mechiruka)
• Kazakh: метилдеу (metildeu)
• Korean: 메틸화 (metilhwa)
• Malay: pemetilan
• Polish: metylacja
• Portuguese: metilação
• Russian: метилирование (ru) (metilirovanije)
• Spanish: metilación
• Urdu: میثائلیت