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DNA methylation

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-001929

Addition of methyl groups to DNA. DNA methyltransferases perform this reaction using s-adenosylmethionine as the methyl group donor.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-001929
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsomethylation; DNA; DNA demethylation; 5-methylcytosine; DNA hypomethylation; DNA hypermethylation
TranslationsSpanish: metilación del ADN
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-001929",
  "term": "DNA methylation",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Addition of methyl groups to DNA. DNA methyltransferases perform this reaction using s-adenosylmethionine as the methyl group donor.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "methylation",
    "DNA",
    "DNA demethylation",
    "5-methylcytosine",
    "DNA hypomethylation",
    "DNA hypermethylation"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "metilación del ADN"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/dna-methylation/"
}

Record 1,929 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.