Degree Of Methylation

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• DNA methylation — Process by which methyl groups are added to certain nucleotides in genomic DNA. This affects gene expression, as methylated DNA is not easily transcribed. The degree of methylation is passed on to daughter strands at mitosis by maintenance DNA… …   Dictionary of molecular biology

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• tocotrienol — A tocol with three double bonds in the side chain, i.e., with three additional double bonds in the phytyl chain. The natural products carry methyls at one or more of positions 5, 7, and 8 of the chromanol and are thus identical, except for the… …   Medical dictionary

• tocotrienolquinone — A tocotrienol in which the hydroquinone has been oxidized to a quinone (the chromanol has become a chromenol); the tocotrienolquinones carry α, β, γ, and δ prefixes in accordance with the degree of methylation, as do the tocotrienols …   Medical dictionary

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