methyl group
Americannoun
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The methyl group acts like a tiny thumbtack set out on the seat the antibiotic was hoping to take, Polikanov said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
The final improved enzyme does not directly cleave the silicon-carbon bond but rather oxidizes a methyl group in the siloxanes in two sequential steps.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 25, 2024
Emerging evidence also suggests that DNA methylation—the addition of a methyl group to the DNA—might be the link between the conditions a fetus is exposed to in the womb and later obesity.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 30, 2021
In DNA methylation, a molecule called a methyl group attaches to a base, usually cytosine.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 18, 2021
The difference between these two bases is one methyl group: thymine is a 5-methyluracil.
From History of Phosphorus by Farber, Eduard
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