biotechnology - CISMeF

Preferred Label : biotechnology;

MeSH definition : Body of knowledge related to the use of organisms, cells or cell-derived constituents for the purpose of developing products which are technically, scientifically and clinically useful. Alteration of biologic function at the molecular level (i.e., GENETIC ENGINEERING) is a central focus; laboratory methods used include TRANSFECTION and CLONING technologies, sequence and structure analysis algorithms, computer databases, and gene and protein structure function analysis and prediction.;

MeSH synonym : biotechnologies;

MeSH annotation : SPEC: SPEC qualif; DF: BIOTECHNOL;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biotechnology;

Details

Origin ID

D001709;

UMLS CUI

C0005574;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- education [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- organization & administration [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Biotechnology [EDAM topic]
- Biotechnology [DeCS]
- Biotechnology [PASCAL theme]
- Biotechnology [UNESCO concept]
Record concept(s)
- biotechnology [MeSH concept]
See also
- genetic engineering [MeSH Descriptor]
- recombinant proteins [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- biomedical engineering [MeSH Descriptor]
- biomedical technology [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Biomedical Occupation or Discipline [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Biotechnology [NCIt concept]
- biotechnology [IUPAC Term]

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