transfect

[trans-fekt]

verb (used with object)

Microbiology.

1. to cause transfection in (a cell).

transfect

/ trænsˈfɛkt /

verb

1. (tr) to bring about transfection in

Word History and Origins

Origin of transfect¹

First recorded in 1964; trans- + (in)fect

Word History and Origins

Origin of transfect¹

from _trans- + ( _in ) _fect

Example Sentences

The simplest way to test whether siRNA could therapeutically suppress PU.1 expression would have been to make use of an already available delivery device, but one of the first discoveries in the study is that none of eight commercially available reagents could safely and effectively transfect cultured human microglia-like cells in the lab.

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