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transfect
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trans·fec·tion  (trns-fkshn)
n.
Infection of a cell with purified viral nucleic acid, resulting in subsequent replication of the virus in the cell.


trans·fect v.

transfect [trænsˈfɛkt]
vb
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Genetics) (tr) to bring about transfection in
[from trans- + (in)fect]


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The ability of the engineered fluorescent proteins to permeate cells obviates the need for transfections, allowing these novel proteins to be used in numerous biological applications.
cDNA was excised from this construct and ligated into the expression vector, pcDNA3, which can be used for stable transfections.
Transient transfections with promoter deletions indicated that the constitutive expression in epithelial cells and inducible expression in monocytes mapped to different promoter regions.
 
 
 
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