Congener

Congener

One of two or more substances related to each other by origin, structure, or function.

This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.

0 0

Improve it

Add an image

Part of Speech: noun
Synonym(s):
Blossary:
Industry/Domain: Biology; Chemistry
Category: Toxicology
Company: National Library of Medicine
Product:
Acronym-Abbreviation:

Collect to Blossary

Other Languages:

Related terms

congenic

Biology; Immunology

Congenic strains of mice are genetically identical at all loci except one. Each strain is generated by the repetitive back-crossing of mice carrying the desired trait onto a ...

congener

Biology; Chemistry; Toxicology

One of two or more substances related to each other by origin, structure, or function.

congener

Chemistry; General chemistry

1. Elements belonging to the same group on the periodic table. For example, sodium and potassium are congeners. 2. Compounds produced by identical synthesis reactions and ...

MHC congenic

Biology; Immunology

Various specialized strains of mice are used to explore the role of MHC polymorphism in vivo. These are called MHC congenic, meaning that the mice differ only at the MHC complex, ...

coisogenic or congenic

Biology; Genome

Nearly identical strains of an organism; they vary at only a single locus..

congenic animal

Medical; Health care; Medicine

Inbred strains of animals that are genetically identical except at a single locus, or a few specified loci, so that their known genetic differences are expressed in the same ...

recycling of waste

Biology; Chemistry; Toxicology

Process or method allowing for the recovery of some value from a waste, either as re-usable material or as energy.

translation

Biology; Chemistry; Toxicology

Process through which a polypeptide chain of amino acid molecules is generated as directed by the sequence of a particular messenger RNA sequence.

post-translational modification

Biology; Chemistry; Toxicology

Processes by which proteins are biochemically modified within a cell following their synthesis in the ribosomes.

splicing

Biology; Chemistry; Toxicology

Processes through which introns are removed from a messenger RNA prior to translation and the exons joined.

sympathomimetic

Biology; Chemistry; Toxicology

Producing effects resembling those of impulses transmitted by the postganglionic fibers of the sympathetic nervous system.

adrenergic

Biology; Chemistry; Toxicology

Producing effects resembling those of impulses transmitted by the postganglionic fibers of the sympathetic nervous system.

Terms in the News

Featured Terms

Harry8L

0
Terms
0
Blossaries
1
Followers

Industry/Domain: People Category: Personalities

Robert Bales

The US Army Staff Sergeant implicated in the massacre of 16 civilians, including nine children and three women in a southern Afghan village on March ...