The phrase "acts as a vector" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to biology, mathematics, or physics, where something is described as carrying or transmitting something else, such as information or force.
Example: "In this experiment, the virus acts as a vector for gene delivery into the host cells."
Alternatives: "serves as a conduit" or "functions as a carrier".
Since force acts as a vector in space, it is conceivable that mechanical stabilization by ligand binding is dependent on the direction of force application.
As Fauci explained, the chimp adenovirus does not copy itself but acts as a vector and delivers the Ebola genes to human cells, which then should make proteins that trigger an immune response.
This aphid also acts as a vector for viruses that cause plant disease and the honeydew it secretes may encourage the growth of sooty mould.
The virus envelope not only protects the genome and core virion proteins but also acts as a vector to transfer genome between host cells.
The small brown planthopper (Laodelphax striatellus) is an important agricultural pest that not only damages rice plants by sap-sucking, but also acts as a vector that transmits rice stripe virus (RSV), which can cause even more serious yield loss.
First, C. owczarzaki has a symbiotic, or parasitic, relationship with the snail Biomphalaria glabrata, which acts as a vector in the transmission of the human disease schistosomiasis (Sohn and Kornicker 1972).
Groundwater colloids can act as a vector which enhances the migration of contaminants.
Mosquitoes act as a vector for the disease, picking up the virus from infected birds and transmitting it to other birds, and to humans, that they bite.
The biodistribution of drugs encapsulated in a nanoobject that will act as a vector can be modified to tune its therapeutic efficacy.
A macromolecule may be designed to act as a vector or carrier for a drug specifically "engineered" to avoid side effects, and capable of precise delivery of its "payload" with the help of targeting and release functionalities.
The objective of this study was to determine if the ultrasound probe can act as a vector for cross-infection and to compare two cleaning methods for ultrasound probes in order to limit or control the transmission risk.
