transfect

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/tɹænzˈfɛkt/

verb

To introduce foreign material into eukaryotic cells.

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Meanings

verbtransfect (third-person singular simple present transfects, present participle transfecting, simple past and past participle transfected)

present singular third person transfects · participle present transfecting · participle past transfected · past transfected

  1. To introduce foreign material into eukaryotic cells.

    physical means have been developed to transfect DNA into cells

    2000, Harvey I. Pass, Lung cancer: principles and practice, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, page 43
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