COSMID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cosmid mean? 

• COSMID (noun)
  The noun COSMID has 1 sense:

1. (genetics) a large vector that is made from a bacteriophage and used to clone genes or gene fragments

  Familiarity information: COSMID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COSMID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(genetics) a large vector that is made from a bacteriophage and used to clone genes or gene fragments

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("cosmid" is a kind of...):

vector ((genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell)

Domain category:

genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)

 Context examples 

Cosmid vector can hold larger pieces of foreign DNA (inserts) than plasmids.

(Cosmid Vector, NCI Thesaurus)

Hold a larger insert than plasmids or cosmids.

(P1-derived Artificial Chromosome, NCI Thesaurus)

The resource provides sequence assembly services such as plasmid, PCR product, lambda, cosmid, PAC, BAC DNA templates sequencing, and consultation services and protocols for designing sequencing strategies and for the preparation of substrates.

(DNA Sequencing Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)

Cosmids are maintained as circular molecules.

(Cosmid Vector, NCI Thesaurus)