Concept: mutagen in the concept vocabulary

Concept URI	http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/5459
Preferred label	mutagen
Definition	An agent that raises the frequency of mutation above the spontaneous rate. An agent that causes changes to plants and animals, particularly to their genetic material and especially at the time of reproduction. Certain chemicals and forms of radiation are powerful mutagens that damage the DNA, or genetic material in the centre of every cell of a living organism.
Notation
Status	Valid
Status Modified	2013-12-05
Accepted Date	2013-12-05
Not Accepted Date
Has broader	2233 (disease cause) in gemet2/concept
Has close match	http://data.uba.de/umt/_00047411 http://dbpedia.org/resource/Mutagen
Source	MGH (McGraw-Hill Zanichelli Dizionario Enciclopedico Scientifico e Tecnico Inglese-Italiano Italiano-Inglese) in gemet2/source WRIGHT (The Environment Encyclopedia and Directory) in gemet2/source