molecular
Americanadjective
adjective
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of or relating to molecules
molecular hydrogen
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logic (of a sentence, formula, etc) capable of analysis into atomic formulae of the appropriate kind
Other Word Forms
- molecularity noun
- molecularly adverb
- multimolecular adjective
- nonmolecular adjective
- submolecular adjective
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This regulator, called MafB, acts as a "molecular switch" that turns specific genes on or off at precise moments and in specific cells.
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Researchers at Rice University have produced the first comprehensive, label free molecular atlas of the Alzheimer's brain in an animal model.
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If COMs were embedded in their building materials from the start, then these worlds may also contain the molecular ingredients needed for prebiotic chemistry, including the formation of amino acids and nucleotides.
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"By mapping both cellular and molecular changes, we can identify what drives aging. That opens the door to interventions that target the aging process itself."
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Ruppert, a molecular biologist with a PhD, was at SDU when the study was performed and is now at Cornell University in New York.
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