hydroxymethylome

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

hydroxy- +‎ methylome or hydroxymethyl +‎ -ome

Noun[edit]

hydroxymethylome (plural hydroxymethylomes)

  1. (genetics) The set of hydroxymethylation modifications in an organism's genome
    • 2015 July 15, Theo F. J. Kraus et al., “Genetic Characterization of Ten-Eleven-Translocation Methylcytosine Dioxygenase Alterations in Human Glioma”, in Journal of Cancer[1], volume 6, →DOI:
      Additionally, we performed quantification of 5hmC amount and added functional prediction analysis of identified TET alterations to evaluate the biological impact of these alterations on the hydroxymethylome.