Nursing

Communicable Diseases and Its Terminologies

Terminologies 1. Incubation period The time taken to show the first clinical symptoms to appear after infection. 2. Vector Any living carrier that carries and transfers an infectious agent into another living organism is known as vector. E.g: Flies, Mosquito. 3. Isolation Separation of an infected organism, after the development of infection, from other organism, […]

Botany

What is Vector – Gene Cloning – DNA

Vectors Another major component of a gene cloning experiment is a vector such as a plasmid. A Vector is a small DNA molecule capable of self-replication and is used as a carrier and transporter of DNA fragment which is inserted into it for cloning experiments. Vector is also called cloning vehicle or cloning DNA. Vectors […]