Transfection Definition

trăns-fĕkshən
noun
The injection of naked nucleic acids into cells or bacteria so as to infect them, as in cancer research.
Webster's New World
Introduction of a segment of DNA or RNA into a eukaryotic cell by means of one of a variety of physical or chemical methods or through viral infection.
American Heritage Medicine

Other Word Forms of Transfection

Noun

Singular:
transfection
Plural:
transfections

Origin of Transfection

  • Blend of trans- and infection

    From Wiktionary

  • trans– (in)fection

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Transfection Sentence Examples

  • The vector production process is at the 40 liter scale by transient transfection.

  • Rob described a novel radiotherapeutic approach utilizing gene transfection strategies to treat prostate cancer with a bystander effect.

  • Adenovirus could be used to improve the efficiency of gene therapy that has been achieved using DNA transfection.

  • Transfection of insect cells with the recombinant baculovirus DNA resulted in expression of the JV capsid protein.

  • The effects of transfection of wild-type p53 using this system were also studied.

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Words Starting With

TTRTRA

Words Ending With

NONION

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