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transfection

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transfection [trans′fek·shən]
(genetics)
Infection of a cell with viral deoxyribonucleic acid or ribonucleic acid.


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2]) stimulation of an estrogen-responsive reporter plasmid in estrogen receptor (ER)-negative HeLa cells following transfection with human ER[alpha] or ER[beta] expression vectors, but this was an artifact of MAA-mediated activation of the cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter rather than a direct effect on ER expression.
The transfection involved a simple process in which the tiny microRNA molecules were mixed with a lipid, allowing them to pass through the cell membrane.
Lonza stated that amaxa's Nucleofection technology for the transfection of primary cells compliments the company's primary-cell production business.
 
 
 
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