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minivector

minivector noun: a DNA ministring.

Noun

minivector (plural minivectors)

  1. A DNA ministring.
    • Temperature induced, in vivo expression of Tel protelomerases and their subsequent enzymatic activity, for excision and resolution of covalently closed terminal ends, result in the conversion of parental CCC pDNA into two smaller species: 1) a LCC backbone DNA carrying the unnecessary prokaryotic...2015 November 13, “Physical Characterization of Gemini Surfactant-Based Synthetic Vectors for the Delivery of Linear Covalently Closed (LCC) DNA Ministrings”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of minivector

pluralminivectors

Origin of minivector

From mini- + vector.

Questions about minivector

What does minivector mean?
Minivector means a DNA ministring.
What part of speech is minivector?
Minivector is a noun.
What is the plural of minivector?
The plural of minivector is minivectors.

Words near minivector in the dictionary

  1. minivacs
  2. minivan
  3. minivanned
  4. minivanning
  5. minivans
  6. minivector
  7. minivectors
  8. miniver
  9. minivers
  10. miniversal
  11. miniversion

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