"Methylation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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)
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D008745
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G02.111.087.029.538 G02.149.115.029.538 G02.149.465.040.538 G02.607.750.040.538 G03.495.130.538
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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