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  • Current: Aug 16, 2024.
  • Old versions: "In molecular biology, a vector refers to a vehicle that carries a DNA fragment to a host cell (Dec 15, 2021)."

Vector

In molecular biology, a vector refers to a vehicle that carries DNA fragments into a host cell.

There are several different types of vector such as plasmids, cosmids, phages, viruses, bacterial artificial chromosomes (BAC), and yeast artificial chromosomes (YAC).


pUC18 plasmid vector

A plasmid vector pUC18/19.



Definitions in the literature

  • (cloning vector) A vehicle used in gene cloning to insert a foreign DNA fragment into the genome of a host cell [1].

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