Toxicology

Toxicology

A branch of biology, chemistry, and medicine concerned with the study of the adverse effects of chemicals or physical agents on living organisms, as well as the symptoms, mechanisms, treatments and detection of poisoning, especially the poisoning of people.

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library in molecular biology

Biology; Toxicology

Collection of genomic or complementary DNA sequences that have been cloned in a vector and grown in an appropriate host organism (e.g. bacteria, yeast).

personal sampler

Biology; Toxicology

Compact, portable instrument for individual air sampling, measuring, or both, the content of a harmful substance in the respiration zone of a working person.

individual sampler

Biology; Toxicology

Compact, portable instrument for individual air sampling, measuring, or both, the content of a harmful substance in the respiration zone of a working person.

nucleus (in cell biology)

Biology; Toxicology

Compartment in the interphase eukaryotic cell bounded by a double membrane and containing the genomic DNA, with the associated functions of transcription and processing.

genome

Biology; Toxicology

Complete set of chromosomal and extrachromosomal genes of an organism, a cell, an organelle, or a virus, i.e. the complete DNA component of an organism. Note: This includes both the DNA present in ...

operon

Biology; Toxicology

Complete unit of gene expression and regulation, including structural genes, regulator gene(s) and control elements in DNA recognized by regulator gene product(s).