shuttle vector

noun

A vector constructed, usually with selectable markers and tags, so that it can propagate in two different host species.

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Meanings

nounshuttle vector (plural shuttle vectors)

plural shuttle vectors

  1. biologyA vector constructed, usually with selectable markers and tags, so that it can propagate in two different host species.
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