hydroxymethylome

noun

The set of hydroxymethylation modifications in an organism's genome

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Meanings

nounhydroxymethylome (plural hydroxymethylomes)

plural hydroxymethylomes

  1. biologyThe set of hydroxymethylation modifications in an organism's genome

    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.

    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

Origin

From hydroxy- + methylome or hydroxymethyl + -ome.

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