Host Vector (HV) System at Medical Drugs Glossary

What is Host Vector (HV) System? The host is the organism into which a gene from another organism is transplanted. The guest gene is carried by a vector, which is a larger DNA molecule, such as a plasmid, or a virus into which that gene is genetically engineered and which then propagates

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