acetylate
verb
acet·y·late
ə-ˈse-tᵊl-ˌāt 
acetylated; acetylating
: to introduce the acetyl radical into (a compound)
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Her team reported last year in Cell that many mRNA cytosine bases are acetylated.
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Ken Garber, Science | AAAS, 1 July 2019
Ken Garber, Science | AAAS, 1 July 2019
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acetylate
transitive verb
acet·y·late
ə-ˈset-ᵊl-ˌāt
acetylated; acetylating
: to introduce the acetyl radical into (a compound)
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