hyperhydroxymethylated

adjective

Excessively hydroxymethylated

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Meanings

adjectivehyperhydroxymethylated (not comparable)
  1. not comparableExcessively hydroxymethylated

    Our results indicate that simulated microgravity induced alterations in the methylome (~60% of the differentially methylated regions or DMRs are hypomethylated and ~92% of the differentially hydroxymethylated regions or DHMRs are hyperhydroxymethylated).

    2016 January 29, “A Study of Alterations in DNA Epigenetic Modifications (5mC and 5hmC) and Gene Expression Influenced by Simulated Microgravity in Human Lymphoblastoid Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From hyper- + hydroxymethylated.

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