transfection

[ trans-fek-shuhn ]

nounBiotechnology.
  1. the insertion into a cell of a bacterial plasmid that contains a foreign virus or genetic material.

Origin of transfection

1
First recorded in 1964; trans- + (in)fection

Words Nearby transfection

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British Dictionary definitions for transfection

transfection

/ (trænsˈfɛkʃən) /


noun
  1. the transfer into another cell of genetic material isolated from a cell or virus

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