Host

Host
1. In genetics, the organism, typically a bacterium, into which a gene from another organism is trans-, planted. 2. In medicine, an animal infected or parasitized by another organism.
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host factor An intrinsic factor (age, race, sex, behaviors, etc.) which influences an individual's exposure, susceptibility, or response to a causative agent.

Parasite A plant or animal that lives on another living organism or host. A parasite gets nourishment from its host without giving it any benefit in return.

Parasite An organism that obtains its nutrients from one or a very few host individuals causing harm but not causing death immediately.

In these associations, nodules are produced by the roots of the host plant upon bacterial infection. Bacterial cells are actually incorporated into the cytoplasm of the host cells.

Under the Bush proposal, the United States would host and lead a series of talks over the next 18 months [through the end of 2008], ...

Go Green Nights
Learn how to host an energy efficiency education night at your school for students and their families. (ENERGY STAR, a joint program of EPA and the U.S. Department of Energy) ...

recombinant DNA
DNA made by transplanting or splicing DNA into the DNA of host cells in such a way that the modified DNA can be replicated in the host cells in a normal fashion.

Endosymbiont: an organism that lives inside the cells of its host organism
Endotherm: an animal whose body temperature is maintained by its own heat production
Endozoan: an animal that lives inside another organism ...

A form of tourism that meets the needs of current tourists and host communities while protecting and enhancing tourism for the future by balancing economic and social needs with a respect for different cultures and the environment.

Pathogenic condition resulting from invasion of an host by a pathogen that propagates causing infection.
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Activities carried out under the Convention to mitigate climate change through partnerships between an investor from a developed country and a counterpart in a host country under a pilot phase that ended in the year 2000.

Ozone therapy has blossomed into a thriving field of alternative medicine, and there are a host of claimed applications above and beyond what has actually been verified by studies.

Vector- 1. An organism, often an insect or rodent, that carries disease. 2. Plasmids, viruses, or bacteria used to transport genes into a host cell. A gene is placed in the vector; the vector then "infects" the bacterium.

diseases (typhoid, cholera, dysentery) in a host (such as a
person). There are many types of organisms which do NOT
cause disease. These organisms are called non-pathogenic.

34 Cultural disruption, as Matthew Coon-Come observes, is causing community and family breakdown, reflected in a host of growing social problems such as alienation, family violence, alcoholism, substance abuse and suicide.

Organisms, including bacteria, viruses or cysts, capable of causing diseases (typhoid, cholera, dysentery) in a host (such as a person). There are many types of organisms which do NOT cause disease. These organisms are called non-pathogenic.

Virus A submicroscopic genetic constituent which can alternate between two distinct phases. As a virus particle, or virion, it is DNA or RNA enveloped in an organic capsule. As an intracellular virus, it is viral DNA or RNA inserted into the host ...

The largest category of hazardous waste generators, SQGs include automotive shops, dry cleaners, photographic developers, and a host of other small businesses. (See: Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators).

Some nuclides such as Cf-252 can undergo spontaneous fission, although fission is induced in other nuclides such as U-235 by incoming neutrons. The fission fragments can undergo further Radioactive Decay producing a host of fission products.

He became the host of the CBC’s long running science show, the Nature of Things. He successfully lead the concern for greater care with genetic experimentation.

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