A cell in which another organism, such as a virus, lives. Human CD4 cells are host cells for HIV.
a cell whose metabolism is used by a virus for growth and reproduction or into which a plasmid is introduced in recombinant DNA experiments; in bioprocessing, the cells engineered and cultured to express a protein of interest are the expression system host cells.
A cell which has been infected with a virus. Viruses use host cells as a part of their life cycles, using the processes of the host cell to reproduce themselves.
a cell which has been transformed, or is capable of transformation, by an exogenous DNA sequence
a naturally occurring cell or a transformed cell or a transfected cell that contains an expression vector and supports the replication or expression of the expression vector
a cell which has been infected by a virus is known as the host cell of that virus.
A cell that houses foreign molecules or viruses and supports them using its own metabolism.
Cells for amplification or expression of foreign DNA
A cell that is infected by a virus or another type of microorganism.
A cell that has been genetically modified to produce a specific protein and is used as a ‘seed’ to produce cells which are identical to it (a cell line).