DeCS

Descriptor English:

Methylation

Descriptor Spanish:

Metilación

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	metilación
Scope note:	Adición de grupos metilo. En histoquímica se utiliza la metilación para esterificar grupos carboxilo y eliminar grupos sulfato mediante el tratamiento de cortes tisulares con metanol caliente en presencia de ácido clorhídrico. (Stedman, 25th ed)

Descriptor Portuguese:

Metilação

Descriptor French:

Méthylation

Tree number(s):

G02.111.035.538
G02.607.094.538
G03.059.538

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008745

Scope note:

Addition of methyl groups. In histo-chemistry methylation is used to esterify carboxyl groups and remove sulfate groups by treating tissue sections with hot methanol in the presence of hydrochloric acid. (From Stedman, 25th ed)

Annotation:

almost never IM; enzymatic methylation: coord NIM with METHYLTRANSFERASES (IM) + substrate (NIM) or specific methyltransferase (IM); DNA METHYLATION is also available

Allowable Qualifiers:

DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
RE effets des radiations

DeCS ID:

8929

Unique ID:

D008745

NLM Classification:

QD 281.M48

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Date Established:

1968/01/01