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Cloning vector
A DNA molecule originating from a virus, a plasmid (see below) or the cell of a higher organism into which another DNA fragment can be integrated without loss of the vector's (carrier's) capacity for self-replication. Cloning vectors are…
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- Cell cloning The process of producing a group of cells (clones), all genetically identical, from a single ancestral cell.
- ATSDR The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human…
- Lifetime risk The risk of developing a disease during ones lifetime or dying of the disease. The estimated lifetime risk of…
- Isometropia The condition in which both eyes have equal refractive power. If, for example, one eye is myopic…
- Bone cancer Bone cancer: A malignancy in bone. Primary bone cancer, one that begins in bone, is uncommon but it is not…
- Femoral artery A large artery that starts in the lower abdomen and goes down into the thigh The femoral artery starts as a…
- Daw Abbreviation meaning 'dispense as written.' One of a number of hallowed abbreviations of terms that have…
- Marx See: Marx, Gertie F.
- Coxsackie virus Coxsackie virus: See: Coxsackievirus.
- Fahrenheit Thermometer scale in which the freezing point of water is 32°F and the boiling point of water 212°F. The…