transducing vector

Thân thiện

A scientist uses a transducing vector to introduce a gene into a bacterial cell.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A vector for delivering genes into cells: A biological agent, typically a virus or a plasmid, that is used to introduce foreign genetic material into the cells of an organism. This process is called transduction.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Scientists used a transducing vector derived from a retrovirus to insert the therapeutic gene into the patient's stem cells.
  • The efficiency of gene therapy often depends on the choice of an appropriate transducing vector.

Advanced Usage

• "engineered transducing vector": A vector that has been specifically modified in the laboratory to improve its safety, targeting, or gene-carrying capacity.
  • The team developed an engineered transducing vector with a modified coat protein to target liver cells specifically.

Variants and Related Words

• Vector (n): In molecular biology, a general term for any DNA molecule used as a vehicle to carry foreign genetic material into a host cell.
  • Plasmids are commonly used as vectors in cloning.
• Transduction (n): The process of introducing foreign DNA into a cell using a viral vector.
  • Viral transduction is a common method in genetic engineering.

Synonyms

• Gene delivery vector: A vector whose primary purpose is to transport genes.
• Viral vector: A type of transducing vector that utilizes a virus, such as an adenovirus or lentivirus.

Related Phrases

• "packaging a transducing vector": The process of assembling the viral components and the genetic cargo to create a functional vector particle.
  • The final step before the experiment is packaging the transducing vector in the producer cell line.

Related Idioms

(This technical term is not commonly used in idiomatic expressions.)

Học thuật

Noun

1. a vector for delivering genes into cells

Từ đồng nghĩa

• gene delivery vector