hydroxymethylome

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word hydroxymethylome. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word hydroxymethylome, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say hydroxymethylome in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word hydroxymethylome you have here. The definition of the word hydroxymethylome will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofhydroxymethylome, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Etymology

From hydroxy- +‎ methylome or hydroxymethyl +‎ -ome.

Noun

hydroxymethylome (plural hydroxymethylomes)

  1. (genetics) The set of hydroxymethylation modifications in an organism's genome
    • 2015 July 15, Theo F. J. Kraus et al., “Genetic Characterization of Ten-Eleven-Translocation Methylcytosine Dioxygenase Alterations in Human Glioma”, in Journal of Cancer, volume 6, →DOI:
      Additionally, we performed quantification of 5hmC amount and added functional prediction analysis of identified TET alterations to evaluate the biological impact of these alterations on the hydroxymethylome.