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expression vector

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expression vector
n.
A vector, such as a plasmid, yeast, or animal virus genome, used to introduce foreign genetic material into a host cell in order to replicate and amplify the foreign DNA sequences as a recombinant molecule.

expression
1. the aspect or appearance of the face as determined by the physical or emotional state.
2. the act of squeezing out or evacuating by pressure.
3. the manifestation of a heritable trait in an individual carrying the gene or genes which determine it.

expression library
a number of different DNA molecules cloned into a single expression vector.
expression vector
a cloning vector that carries a gene into the host cell and promotes its expression.


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Sutton and his colleagues have also begun to employ expression-cloning strategies using an HIV cDNA expression vector.
In addition to the parent patent of the original version of the company's proprietary TroVec(TM) ssDNA intracellular expression vector, the international patents include the latest refinement, a single plasmid system for direct enzymatic synthesis of ssDNA (EnzSyn(TM))
This year Invitrogen launched the BLOCK-iT(TM) pol II miR RNAi expression vector kits and services which combine the advantages of traditional RNAi vectors with capabilities for tissue specific expression and multiple target knockdown from the same transcript.
 
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