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transfection [-fek′shən] Etymology: L, trans + inficere, to taint the process by which a bacterial cell is infected with purified DNA or RNA isolated from a virus after a specific pretreatment. Acute transfection is short-term infection. transfect, v. transfection (transfek´sh n the process by which a bacterial cell is infected with purified deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or ribonucleic acid (RNA) isolated from a virus or a viral vector after a specific pretreatment. transfection an introduction of free DNA into a cell. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Further, in collaboration with Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, the company is distributing GenomeONE, a gene transfection kit that uses the HVJ envelop vector, in Japan. A globally active specialist in gene transfection, amaxa's mission is to significantly enhance the speed and quality of pharmaceutical development and basic research in gene transfer and gene-based medicine. Overexpression of the bcl-2 protein by gene transfection prevented cadmium-induced apoptosis. |
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