Occupation or Discipline
molecular biology Audio
mo·lec·u·lar bi·ol·o·gy
Subclass of:
Science of genetics; Biochemistry
Definitions related to molecular biology:
  • A discipline concerned with studying biological phenomena in terms of the chemical and physical interactions of molecules.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Study of biological processes at the molecular level, including membrane biochemistry, cytoskeleton biochemistry, and structural biology in addition to molecular genetics.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The study of biology at a molecular level. It chiefly concerns itself with understanding the interactions between the various systems of a cell, including the interrelationship of DNA, RNA and protein synthesis and learning how these interactions are regulated. The field overlaps with other areas of biology, particularly genetics and biochemistry.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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