molecular biology
the branch of biology that deals with the nature of biological phenomena at the molecular level through the study of DNA and RNA, proteins, and other macromolecules involved in genetic information and cell function, characteristically making use of advanced tools and techniques of separation, manipulation, imaging, and analysis.
Origin of molecular biology
1- Also called new biology.
Words Nearby molecular biology
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How to use molecular biology in a sentence
This is implicit in the so-called “central dogma” of molecular biology, the statement by Francis Crick that the information stored in the DNA molecule flows to other molecular processes that make proteins and then a whole organism according to plan.
The book helped found molecular biology, and also led Schrödinger to glimpse something more.
As a result, by the mid-1980s, “DNA, RNA and proteins, all the molecular biology, came and took off and left the glycans behind at the station,” Varki said.
Researchers Read the Sugary ‘Language’ on Cell Surfaces | Rachel Crowell | May 3, 2021 | Quanta MagazineI taught myself molecular biology in like two and a half months.
Sophisticated molecular biology experiments revealed more clues.
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“The method combines technologies that have been developed over the last 30 or so years of molecular biology,” Tabor explains.
molecular biology places the distinction between hominids and chimpanzees at four million years ago.
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British Dictionary definitions for molecular biology
the study of biological phenomena at the molecular level
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Scientific definitions for molecular biology
[ mə-lĕk′yə-lər ]
The branch of biology that deals with the formation, structure, and function of macromolecules essential to life, such as nucleic acids and proteins, including their roles in cell replication and the transmission of genetic information.
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Cultural definitions for molecular biology
[ (muh-lek-yuh-luhr) ]
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