transfect

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɹænzˈfɛkt/
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Verb

transfect (third-person singular simple present transfects, present participle transfecting, simple past and past participle transfected)

  1. To introduce foreign material into eukaryotic cells.
    • 2000, Harvey I. Pass, Lung cancer: principles and practice, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, page 43:
      physical means have been developed to transfect DNA into cells