On this page you'll find 3 example sentences with Methylcytosine. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Methylcytosine in a sentence
Methylcytosine meaning
Any methyl derivative of cytosine, but especially 5-methylcytosine formed by methylation of DNA
Using Methylcytosine
- The main meaning on this page is: Any methyl derivative of cytosine, but especially 5-methylcytosine formed by methylation of DNA
Context around Methylcytosine
- Average sentence length in these examples: 35.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Methylcytosine
- In this selection, "methylcytosine" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 35.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, dna stand out and add context to how "methylcytosine" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 5mec 5 methylcytosine t which and of 5 methylcytosine dna and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "methylcytosine" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with methylcytosine
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
If this enzyme reaches a "hemimethylated" portion of DNA (where 5-methylcytosine is in only one of the two DNA strands) the enzyme will methylate the other half. (28 words)
Examples include C → U and A → HX ( hypoxanthine ), which can be corrected by DNA repair mechanisms; and 5MeC ( 5-methylcytosine ) → T, which is less likely to be detected as a mutation because thymine is a normal DNA base. (38 words)
The twin pairs who had spent less of their lifetime together and/or had greater differences in their medical histories were those who showed the largest differences in their levels of 5-methylcytosine DNA and acetylation of histones H3 and H4. (41 words)
The twin pairs who had spent less of their lifetime together and/or had greater differences in their medical histories were those who showed the largest differences in their levels of 5-methylcytosine DNA and acetylation of histones H3 and H4. (41 words)
Examples include C → U and A → HX ( hypoxanthine ), which can be corrected by DNA repair mechanisms; and 5MeC ( 5-methylcytosine ) → T, which is less likely to be detected as a mutation because thymine is a normal DNA base. (38 words)
If this enzyme reaches a "hemimethylated" portion of DNA (where 5-methylcytosine is in only one of the two DNA strands) the enzyme will methylate the other half. (28 words)
Example sentences (3)
Examples include C → U and A → HX ( hypoxanthine ), which can be corrected by DNA repair mechanisms; and 5MeC ( 5-methylcytosine ) → T, which is less likely to be detected as a mutation because thymine is a normal DNA base.
If this enzyme reaches a "hemimethylated" portion of DNA (where 5-methylcytosine is in only one of the two DNA strands) the enzyme will methylate the other half.
The twin pairs who had spent less of their lifetime together and/or had greater differences in their medical histories were those who showed the largest differences in their levels of 5-methylcytosine DNA and acetylation of histones H3 and H4.