transfect

American

[trans-fekt] / trænsˈfɛkt /

verb (used with object)

Microbiology.

to cause transfection in (a cell).

transfect British

/ trænsˈfɛkt /

verb

(tr) to bring about transfection in

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Etymology

Origin of transfect

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

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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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