transfection
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- noun
- /trænsˈfɛkʃən/
- Specialized
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transfección
- In vitro, they can be delivered by transient plasmid transfections or viral transduction for long-term silencing.
- siRNA transfection
- transfection of cells
- hours after transfection
Examples
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After siRNA transfection overnight, the cells were incubated with shikonin at the indicated dose for subsequent experiments.
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Researchers conducted a transfection to introduce new DNA into the cells for their experiment.
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The expression rate of a target protein is a key metric for transfection efficiency.
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The results showed that the coprecipitation of DNA-lipoplexes resulted in the highest transfection efficiency in all groups.
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After 24 h, transfection reagent was replaced with normal cell culture media containing ruxolitinib where indicated.
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Cells were plated at 80% confluency for transfection experiments.
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The results revealed that this liposome had a higher transfection rate in osteoblastic cell lines than in the 294T line.
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The optimal balance between transfection rate and cytotoxicity in designing novel nVVs has not yet been achieved.
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After transfection for 12 hours, the cells were trypsinized, counted, and resuspended in the serum-free medium.
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The sMUA AuPAMAM constructs showed the highest stability, gene transfection efficacy, and a reasonable cytotoxicity profile.
Academic text (2018)
Synonyms
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A cell taking in outside DNA and changing its traits
The transfer of genes between bacteria by a virus that carries DNA
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Transfection starts with trans- meaning 'across' and shares the same root as infect, which gives the image of putting something into cells. So transfection means putting foreign DNA or genes 'across into' cells, which is exactly how scientists use the word today.