transfection

transfection
A method of gene transfer utilizing infection of a cell with nucleic acid (as from a retrovirus) resulting in subsequent viral replication in the transfected cell. [trans- + infection]

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trans·fec·tion tran(t)s-'fek-shən n infection of a cell with isolated viral nucleic acid followed by production of the complete virus in the cell also the incorporation of exogenous DNA into a cell
trans·fect -'fekt vt

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n.
the direct transfer of DNA molecules into a cell.

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trans·fec·tion (trans-fekґshən) originally, the artificial infection of competent bacterial cells by uptake of nucleic acid isolated from virus or bacteriophage, resulting in the production of mature virus or phage particles. The term has broadened and now includes any means of artificial introduction of foreign DNA into cultured eukaryotic cells; sometimes specifically denoting the stable integration of the foreign DNA into the recipient genome (also called stable transfection).

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