Difference between revisions of "Disease vector"

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(Stryker's additions were correct, but poorly written. Let him try again when he returs from his "personal remarks" block)
m (Vector moved to Disease vector: separate biology from physics/math)
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Revision as of 16:48, July 3, 2007

A Vector is an agent, such as a virus or a small piece of DNA called a plasmid, that carries a modified or foreign gene. When used in gene therapy, a vector delivers the desired gene to a target cell.

Sources

http://www.genome.gov/glossary.cfm?key=vector