hypermethylator en · NOUN
Etymology
From hyper- + methylator.
Meanings
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Any entity responsible for hypermethylation
Of note, miR-29c is itself a post-transcriptional regulator of DNMT3b, and others have shown that DNMT3b is overexpressed in breast cancer cell lines with a hypermethylator phenotype [12, 38 ].
2015 November 6, “Molecular Subtype-Specific Expression of MicroRNA-29c in Breast Cancer Is Associated with CpG Dinucleotide Methylation of the Promoter”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hypermethylators | Number=Plur | lexicographic |