- Institution/s: Universidad de Saarbrücken, Universidad de Valladolid
- Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
- Identification number: 165
- Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
- Author/s: Augustine Edith EMENE, Gloria GONZÁLEZ-CALERO, Paloma MOLLEDO PÉREZ, Rosa María FERRERAS LOZANO
- Creation / modification date: 01-02-2014
- Term: cosmid
- Gramatical category: s
- Definition: Artificially constructed cloning vector that is used to separate out discrete sections of the DNA for cloning purposes and which contains bacterial phage lambda DNA to allow them to make copies of themselves in their bacterial host and also DNA fragments
- Context: For cloning smaller DNAs charomids must be used. Into the linearized cosmid the foreign DNA is ligated at appropriate cloning sites flanked by cosmid sequences.
- Expression: cosmid vector
- Weighting mark: nor
- Sources:
- Term: EMERY, A.E.H. y MUELLER, R.F. (1992) Elements of Medical Genetics, Churchill Livingstone: New York. 8th Edition.
- Definition: SMITH EWING, E., WELLONS, H. B. (2007) Biotechnology and the law. USA: American Bar Association. [Online] Available at: http://books.google.es/books?id=hkJLJenURnIC&pg=PA15&dq=contig+genetic+code&hl=es&sa=X&ei=oiuAUaj8EoeJ7Ab_yYC4DA&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=contig&f=false [Accessed 30 April 2013]; Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications (2013) Genetics Home Reference: Your Guide to Understanding Genetic Conditions. Glossary. [Online] Available at: http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/glossary=cosmid [Accessed 29 April 2013]
- Context: REDEI, G. (1998) Genetics Manuals: Current Theory, Concepts, Terms. p. 230. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.http://books.google.es/books?id=YTaefleJZUgC&pg=PA230&dq=cosmid&hl=es&sa=X&ei=qdGAUdiKIcLC7AaCkYDgDw&ved=0CEIQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=cosmid&f=false [Accessed 30 April 2013]
- Expression: KUMAR, A., GARG, N. (2005) Genetic engineering. New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. [Online] Available at: http://books.google.es/books?id=TbVtbD51FxgC&pg=PA37&dq=cosmid&hl=es&sa=X&ei=qdGAUdiKIcLC7AaCkYDgDw&ved=0CFoQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=cosmid&f=false [Accessed 30 April 2013]
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