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An autonomously replicating plasmid having regions into which foreign DNA can be inserted.

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Words nearby cloning vector

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How to use cloning vector in a sentence

To some extent, it seems, “the law enforcement vector” contributed to the radicalization of Abu Omar.
ISIS Is Putin’s Problem, Too, and This Chechen Is One Reason Why.|Anna Nemtsova|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The adenovirus he received was simply a vector, bringing a missing gene to his cell.
Ebola Vaccine Will Do Little for Current Crisis|Kent Sepkowitz|August 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To early adopters, Homestar Runner was that light, in vector graphics with actionscript.
Homestar Runner, Trogdor the Burninator, and the Birth of the Internet|Rich Goldstein|April 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sex is a major vector in the relationships, but there are emotional attachments as well.
China’s Concubine Culture Lives On in Mistress Villages|Brendon Hong|April 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Or, as Sims finely puts it, the zombie will be found “moving blindly along a vector of memory.”
Zombies, Zombies, Everywhere: What’s a Novelist to Do?|J.T. Price|June 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The line drawn from the sun to any point of the orbit (the string from pin to pencil point) is a radius vector.
A Text-Book of Astronomy|George C. Comstock
The radius vector of each planet moves over equal areas in equal times.
A Text-Book of Astronomy|George C. Comstock
The radius vector (or line joining sun and planet) sweeps out equal areas in equal times.
Pioneers of Science|Oliver Lodge
Diurnal inequalities in N and W lend themselves readily to the construction of what are known as vector diagrams.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 3|Various
With considerable change of latitude however the shape of vector diagrams changes largely.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 3|Various

Cultural definitions for cloning vector

cloning vector

An agent used to transfer bits of DNA into the DNA of a cell in genetic engineering. Common types of vectors include the genetically engineered viruses that infect a cell.