methylation - CISMeF

Preferred Label : methylation;

MeSH definition : 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);

MeSH synonym : methylations;

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

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylation;

Details

Origin ID

D008745;

UMLS CUI

C0025723;

Allowable qualifiers
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Methylal (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- methylal [SNOMED Notion]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Methylation [NCIt concept]
- methylation [GO term]
- protein methylation [GO term]
Indexing information
- MeAP29 protein, rat [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- methyl alpha-neurotoxin [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- poly(2'-O-methylcytidylic acid) [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Record concept(s)
- methylation [MeSH concept]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Protein Methylation [NCIt concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Molecular Function [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Methylation [NCIt concept]
- methylation [GO term]

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