hypomethylated
Adjective
Meaning
hypomethylated (comparative more hypomethylated, superlative most hypomethylated)
(biochemistry) Less than normally methylated
Related terms
Examples
Additionally, CpG-S sequences are hypomethylated.
Other organisms with hypomethylated CpG motifs have demonstrated the stimulation of polyclonal B-cell expansion.
The mechanism behind this may be more complicated than simple methylation – hypomethylated murine DNA has not been found to mount an immune response.