methyl group
Americannoun
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When an antibiotic attempts to bind to the ribosome, that methyl group repels it.
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
That idea began to unravel in 1994, when Low discovered that a chemical tag called a methyl group could block transcription in bacteria—something scientists had thought was exclusive to eukaryotic cells.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 8, 2022
In DNA methylation, a molecule called a methyl group attaches to a base, usually cytosine.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 18, 2021
We derived this substance from ethane by introducing a methyl group; hence it may be termed “methylethane.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various
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