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alkylation

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al·kyl·a·tion  (lk-lshn)
n.
A process in which an alkyl group is added to or substituted in a compound, as in the reaction of alkenes with alkanes to make high-octane fuels.

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2005), the proximate cause of mercury alkylation in oral microbial communities--which occurs in dental plaque--appears to be associated with the presence of some bacteria.
In the case of the diimines, the alkylation was nearly exclusively N-alkylation.
Hypothetical open reading frames (ORF), similar to genes known to be responsible for the avoidance or repair of DNA lesions resulting from the alkylation or oxidation of nucleotides, are present in the genome of M.
 
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