GENE DELIVERY VECTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gene delivery vector mean? 

• GENE DELIVERY VECTOR (noun)
  The noun GENE DELIVERY VECTOR has 1 sense:

1. a vector for delivering genes into cells

  Familiarity information: GENE DELIVERY VECTOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENE DELIVERY VECTOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vector for delivering genes into cells

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

gene delivery vector; transducing vector

Hypernyms ("gene delivery vector" is a kind of...):

transmitter; vector (any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gene delivery vector"):

liposomal delivery vector (a transducing vector that uses liposomes to carry the gene of interest)

viral delivery vector (a transducing vector that uses a retrovirus)