vector biology

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• Vector (biology) — In epidemiology, a vector is an organism that does not cause disease itself but which transmits infection by conveying pathogens from one host to another. A classic example is the anopheles mosquito which acts as a vector for the disease malaria… …   Wikipedia

• Vector — may refer to: In mathematics * Euclidean vector, a geometric entity endowed with both length and direction, an element of a Euclidean vector space * Coordinate vector, in linear algebra, an explicit representation of an element of any abstract… …   Wikipedia

• Vector (molecular biology) — In molecular biology, a vector is any vehicle used to transfer foreign genetic material into another cell. The vector itself is generally a DNA sequence that consists of an insert (transgene) and a larger sequence that serves as the backbone of… …   Wikipedia

• Vector NTI — Infobox Software name = Vector NTI caption = developer = Invitrogen latest release version = 10.3.0 (Windows), 7.1 (OS X) latest release date = release date|2006|07|31 operating system = Mac OS X, Windows genre = Molecular biology toolkit license …   Wikipedia

• Vector — In medicine, a vector is a carrier. The best way to understand a vector is to recall its origin as a word. Vector is the Latin word for a bearer. In parasitology (the study of parasitic organisms), the vector carries the parasitic agent. For… …   Medical dictionary

• vector — UK [ˈvektə(r)] / US [ˈvektər] noun [countable] Word forms vector : singular vector plural vectors 1) physics a quantity such as velocity (= speed at which something travels) that can change and is measured by its size and its direction 2) the… …   English dictionary

• Vector (malware) — A vector in computing, specifically when talking about malicious code such as viruses or worms, is the method that this code uses to propagate itself or infect the computer and this sense is similar to, and derived from, its meaning in… …   Wikipedia

• vector — vec|tor [ˈvektə US ər] n technical [Date: 1700 1800; : Latin; Origin: carrier , from vehere; VEHICLE] 1.) a quantity such as force that has a direction as well as size 2.) an insect or animal that passes disease from one person to another =… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• vector — vec·tor || vektÉ™(r) n. (Mathematics, Physics) quantity with magnitude and direction (represented by an arrow indicating its direction); (Biology) insect which carries diseases, means of disease transfer; route of a plane …   English contemporary dictionary

• vector — /ˈvɛktə / (say vektuh) noun 1. Mathematics a quantity which possesses both magnitude and direction. Two such quantities acting on a point may be represented by the two sides of a parallelogram, so that their resultant is represented in magnitude… …  

• Invasion biology terminology — The terminology in this page contains definitions for invasion biology terms in common usage today, taken from accessible publications. References for each definition are included. Terminology relates primarily to invasion biology terms with some …   Wikipedia