molecular biology

noun

1. 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.

molecular biology

noun

1. the study of biological phenomena at the molecular level

molecular biology

1. 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.

molecular biology

1. The branch of science devoted to studies of the structure, function, and reactions of DNA, RNA, proteins, and other molecules involved in the life processes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of molecular biology¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

It saw E. coli go on to play a central role in many more discoveries and milestones in genetics and molecular biology.

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“The Soviet Union did everything they could to invest back in science and genetics and molecular biology, but it was still stagnant,” says Angela Rasmussen, a leading American virologist now working in Canada.

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“He was on the cutting edge of molecular biology,” said science historian Daniel Kevles, his friend and colleague.

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Niamh Ordner is a senior at Rice University majoring in integrative biology, with research experience in plant molecular biology and computational cancer genomics.

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In fact, sex-based differences with implications for our health exist even at the very "sciencey"-seeming level of cell and molecular biology.

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