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Vectors are vehicles for cloning DNA. A vector provides essential sequences for replicating DNA in a host and selection antibiotic markers. Non-essential sequences are deleted to allow room for the cloning of foreign DNA.
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vector
in recombinant DNA work, the plasmid or phage chromosome used to carry the cloned DNA segment
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Definition of vector :
In DNA cloning, the plasmid or phage chromosome used to carry the cloned DNA segment.
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A vector (e.g. a plasmid) constructed in such a way that it can replicate in at least two different host species (eg a prokaryote and a eukaryote). A DNA recombined into such a vector can be tested or manipulated in several cell types.
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Dr. Richard Morgan, of the National Human Genome Research Institute's Clinical Gene Therapy Branch, defines vector.
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cell, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), gene, gene therapy, gene transfer ...
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Vectors are DNA used to transfer genes into a host cell.
A vector must be capable of self-replicating inside a cell.
Marker genes can be used to determine if the gene has been taken up.
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Vector
A replicon that is useful for cloning DNA fragments so that they can be amplified or transferred to other cells. Common cloning vectors are derivatives of natural plasmids, phages, or viruses.
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vectors Self-replicating DNA molecules that can be joined with DNA fragments to form recombinant DNA molecules.
veins Thin-walled vessels that carry blood to the heart. Units of the circulatory system that carry blood to the heart.
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Vectors
Figure 3: Comparison of non-integrating plasmids (top) and episomes (bottom). 1 Chromosomal DNA. 2 Plasmids. 3 Cell division. 4 Chromosomal DNA with integrated plasmids ...
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Vector 1
This piece of DNA contained (among other things):
the DNA of adeno-associated virus (AAV)
a gene encoding a protein containing two domains: ...
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vector Any agent, such as water, wind, or insect, that transmits a disease organism.
vegan A pure vegetarian consuming no animal products at all.
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vector
[L. carrier]
In recombinant DNA, a small, self-replicating DNA molecule, or a portion thereof, into which a DNA segment can be spliced and introduced into a cell; generally a plasmid or a virus.
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Vectors in gene therapy
Viruses attack their hosts to insert their genetic material into the genetic material of the host. This genetic material contains instructions to produce these viruses.
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vectors: the carriers of DNA genes to be inserted into cells.
veins: channels through which fluid flows toward the heart.
vena cava :the major vein in the human heart; pumps oxygen-poor blood into the right atrium.
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Vector: An organism capable of carrying and transmitting a disease-causing agent from one host to another.
Virus: Any of various submicroscopic pathogens which can only replicate inside a living cell.
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Vectors and Biochemistry for Sequencing by Nested Deletions
John J. Dunn and Matthew Randesi
Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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vector. An organism able to transport and transmit a pathogen to a host.
vegetative. Plant parts or plant growth not involved in the production of seed, such as roots, stems, and leaves.
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Vector. An autonomously replicating DNA molecule into which foreign DNA fragments are inserted and then propagated in a host cell. Also living carriers of genetic material (such as pollen) from plant to plant, such as insects.
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VECTOR - A plasmid, cosmid, bacteriophage, or virus which carried foreign nucleic acid into a host organism.
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Vector: The DNA "vehicle" used to carry experimental DNA and to clone it. The vector provides all sequences essential for replicating the test DNA. Typical vectors include plasmids, cosmids, phages and YACs.
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Vector: A construct used to propagate DNA in a host (bacteria, yeast, or cultured cells). The vector provides all sequences essential for replicating the test DNA. Typical vectors include plasmids, cosmids, phages and YACs.
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A vector used to clone DNA fragments (up to 400 kb); it is constructed from the telomeric, centromeric, and replication origin sequences needed for replication in yeast cells.
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Which vector is the correct one depends upon the orientation of the vector space—i.e., on the handedness of the given orthogonal coordinate system (i, j, k).
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Insect Vectors
Insects provide a system that can deliver pathogens directly to the bloodstream and are essential to the spread of some infections.
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cloning vector - intentionally designed artificial DNA construct used by molecular biologists to amplify selected pieces of DNA inserted into the construct; examples include plasmid, phage, phagemid, cosmid, fosmid, ...
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To increase the number of copies of a DNA sequence, in vivo by inserting into a cloning vector that replicates within a host cell, or in vitro by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Anaerobe. An organism that grows in the absence of oxygen. See Aerobe.
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Cloned DNA -- any DNA fragment that passively replicates in the host organism after it has been joined to a cloning vector. Codon -- a sequence of three nucleotides in mRNA that specifies an amino acid. Consanguinity -- genetic relationship.
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shuttle vector A recombinant DNA vector that can be replicated in two or more different host species, making possible the movement of DNA between organisms.
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Artificial chromosome A vector constructed from host cell chromosomal elements such as origin of replication, telomeres and centromere (in eukaryotes).
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To analyze splicing in vitro, a plasmid vector was prepared that contained the intron and parts of the exons downstream of a phage RNA polymerase promoter.
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The P elements were vectored into D. melanogaster via a parasitic mite that targets both these species. This mite punctures the exoskeleton of the flies and feeds on the "juices".
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