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MOLECULAR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to simple or elementary organization

Example:

proceed by more and more detailed analysis to the molecular facts of perception

Classified under:

Adjectives

Domain category:

psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)

Antonym:

molar (pertaining to large units of behavior)

Derivation:

molecule ((nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Relating to or produced by or consisting of molecules

Example:

molecular weight is the sum of all the atoms in a molecule

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

molecule ((physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound)

Derivation:

molecule ((physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound)

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 Context examples: 

BAG family molecular chaperone regulator 3 (575 aa, ~62 kDa) is encoded by the human BAG3 gene.

(BAG Family Molecular Chaperone Regulator 3, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes BAG family molecular chaperone regulator 1 protein, is involved in the inhibition of both heat shock protein activity and apoptosis through the mediation of the apoptosis regulator Bcl-2 protein.

(BAG1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The study of biology at a molecular level.

(Molecular Biology, NCI Thesaurus)

Studies of chromosome biology and behavior at the molecular level.

(Molecular Cytogenetics, NCI Thesaurus)

For example, the molecular mass of water, which has two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen, is 18 (i.e., 2 + 16).

(Molecular mass, NCI Dictionary)

Molecular medicine is based on research that shows how certain genes, molecules, and cellular functions may become abnormal in diseases such as cancer.

(Molecular medicine, NCI Dictionary)

A molecular or cytogenic abnormality which occurs in either human disease states or disease models.

(Molecular Abnormality, NCI Thesaurus)

A molecular genetic technique where genome-wide sequencing is performed on chromosomal DNA that is resistant to treatment with micrococcal nuclease.

(MNase Sequencing, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes BAG family molecular chaperone regulator 3 protein, plays a role in the modulation of both apoptosis and protein folding.

(BAG3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes BAG family molecular chaperone regulator 4 protein, plays a role in the regulation of apoptosis through the suppression of both tumor necrosis factor receptor signaling and protein chaperone function.

(BAG4 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)