Transformation

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-012216",
  "term": "Transformation",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "The conversion of one chemical substance into a particular product, described without regard to the reagents or the mechanism involved. In molecular biology the word has a second sense, the genetic change a cell undergoes when it takes up foreign DNA from its surroundings and expresses it. Turning aniline into acetanilide is a chemical transformation, whereas introducing a plasmid into bacteria is a genetic one.",
  "subject": "Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "mechanism",
    "substrate",
    "deoxyribonucleic acids"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 1994, 66, 1077. 'Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)' on page 1173 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199466051077)",
    "PAC, 1992, 64, 143. 'Glossary for chemists of terms used in biotechnology (IUPAC Recommendations 1992)' on page 167 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199264010143)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/transformation/"
}