Medical Dictionary

methylcytosine

noun meth·yl·cyt·o·sine \ˌmeth-əl-ˈsīt-ə-ˌsēn\

Medical Definition of METHYLCYTOSINE

:  a methylated pyrimidine base C5H7N3O found in the nucleic acids (as some DNAs and transfer RNAs) of some organisms

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