I keep getting “Cloning vector” questions wrong in Biotechnology - Principles and Processes. What's the trap?
confusing the vector with the host cell.
The usual trap: confusing the vector with the host cell. How to avoid it: the vector is the vehicle (plasmid); the host is the cell it enters (E. coli). Go back to the definition — a carrier, usually a bacterial plasmid, that ferries recombinant DNA into a host cell.
Key point
Cloning vector
Common mistake
confusing the vector with the host cell.
Memory tip
the vector is the vehicle (plasmid); the host is the cell it enters (E. coli).
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