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Shuttle vector

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noun

A vector that can replicate in more than one host organisms or two different cell types (e.g. a prokaryotic cell and a eukaryotic cell).


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An example is the yeast shuttle vector that can propagate within the cells of E.coli and yeast. Another is the adenovirus shuttle vector that can propagate in E.coli and mammal cells.


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