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Published in Definitions • Nov 27, 2019
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National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)

Abstract

A vector is any vehicle, often a virus or a plasmid that is used to ferry a desired DNA sequence into a host cell as part of a molecular cloning procedure.Depending on the purpose of the cloning procedure, the vector may assist in multiplying, isolating, or expressing the foreign DNA insert.

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