Home > Terms > English, UK (UE) > Vector

Vector

An animal host and carrier of a pathogen; e.g. the flea which transmits the bacterium Pasteurella pestis; also, a DNA molecule that can be replicated in a cell and that can serve as the vehicle for transfer to such a cell of DNA that has been inserted into it by recombinant techniques.

This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.
0
Collect to Blossary

Member comments

You have to log in to post to discussions.

Terms in the News

Featured Terms

Harry8L
  • 0

    Terms

  • 0

    Blossaries

  • 1

    Followers

Industry/Domain: Culture Category: People

UNESCO World Heritage Site

A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a place that is listed by the UNESCO organisation as of special cultural or physical importance. It can be a forest, ...

Contributor

Featured blossaries

longest English words

Category: Other   1 6 Terms

The North Face 2015 Collection

Category: Travel   6 20 Terms