Meanings
noundespiralization (countable and uncountable, plural despiralizations)
plural despiralizations
- countableuncountableThe uncoiling of chromonema as part of meiosis.
When incorporated into DNA, the cytocine cannot be methylated and causes almost complete demethylation of genomic DNA, expressing a despiralization of the condensed chromatin of metaphase chromosomes.
2012, Tatiana Tatarinova, DNA Methylation: From Genomics to Technology, page 158
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