a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell
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01328702-n:
(virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein
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01372199-n:
(genetics) a large vector that is made from a bacteriophage and used to clone genes or gene fragments
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06075527-n:
the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
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14830364-n:
(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
