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VECTOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("vector" is a kind of...):
virus ((virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein)
Domain category:
genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vector"):
cosmid ((genetics) a large vector that is made from a bacteriophage and used to clone genes or gene fragments)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A variable quantity that can be resolved into components
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("vector" is a kind of...):
variable; variable quantity (a quantity that can assume any of a set of values)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vector"):
cross product; vector product (a vector that is the product of two other vectors)
resultant; vector sum (a vector that is the sum of two or more other vectors)
radius vector (a line connecting a point in space to the origin of a polar coordinate system)
radius vector (a line connecting a satellite to the center of the body around which it is rotating)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease
Example:
when medical scientists talk about vectors they are usually talking about insects
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("vector" is a kind of...):
agent (an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect)
Domain category:
animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)
micro-organism; microorganism (any organism of microscopic size)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vector"):
gene delivery vector; transducing vector (a vector for delivering genes into cells)
carrier; immune carrier ((medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("vector" is a kind of...):
straight line (a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vector"):
ray ((mathematics) a straight line extending from a point)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb vector
Context examples:
Autologous dendritic cells (DCs) transduced with the replication-deficient adenoviral vector Ad5F53 encoding the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) transmembrane latent membrane proteins 1 and 2 (LMP1/LMP2) with potential immunostimulatory activity.
(Ad5F35-LMP1/LMP2-Transduced Autologous Dendritic Cells, NCI Thesaurus)
A cell-based cancer vaccine composed of autologous dendritic cells (DCs) transduced with a replication-deficient adenovirus vector encoding HER-2 with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Adenovirus HER2-Transduced Autologous Dendritic Cell Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
Subsequently, a low dose of a synthetic acyclic guanosine analogue such as valacyclovir (VCV) or ganciclovir (GCV) is given, which may preferentially kill tumor cells containing the adenoviral vector and overexpressing HSV-tk.
(Adenoviral Vector Encoding HSV Thymidine Kinase, NCI Thesaurus)
An adenovirus vector engineered to produce CD40 ligand.
(Adenovirus 5-CD40 Ligand, NCI Thesaurus)
Adenoviral vector Ad5-CEA(6D) vaccine expresses a highly immunogenic analogue of CEA [CAP1-(6D)].
(Adenoviral Vector Ad5-CEA(6D) Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
A unit of both speed (scalar) and velocity (vector), defined as the distance of one centimeter traveled per unit time equal to two hours.
(Millimeter per Two Hours, NCI Thesaurus)
T cells harvested from a patient with adenosine deaminase (ADA) deficiency and transduced with a vector containing the gene for ADA.
(ADA Transduced T Cell, NCI Thesaurus)
The virus is generally monomorphic and has been developed as a gene therapy vector for the treatment of numerous diseases.
(Adeno-Associated Virus Type 2, NCI Thesaurus)
A nonreplicating adenoviral vector (adenovector) encoding the melanoma differentiation-associated 7 gene (MDA7) with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Adenovector Encoding MDA7, NCI Thesaurus)
A replication-defective adenoviral vector encoding human interferon-gamma (IFN-g) cDNA with potential antineoplastic and immunoregulatory activities.
(Adenovirus-Interferon-Gamma TG1042, NCI Thesaurus)
