Epigenotoxic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Epigenotoxic is an adjective meaning (oncology) Capable of causing damage to the way by DNA sequences are activated or deactivated, leading to cancer.
Meaning
(oncology) Capable of causing damage to the way by DNA sequences are activated or deactivated, leading to cancer.
Example Sentences
1,3-Butadiene is a common carcinogenic environmental contaminant and is considered an epigenotoxic agent (i.e., it affects DNA and histone methylation).
BD is also an epigenotoxic agent. BD-induced genotoxic and epigenotoxic events have been shown to be due to interstrain differences (Koturbashet al.,2011).
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include genotoxic, oncogenetic, anticancerogenic, cancerogenic, cytogenotoxic, oncogenous.
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