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  • verb To introduce foreign material into eukaryotic cells.

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Examples

  • When I started my post doc I tried to transfect bacteria with a construct I got from the tech.

    It could be worse... microbiologist xx 2008

  • You will transfect eukaryotic cells, use immunofluorescent and other techniques to stain mouse tissues and use confocal microscopy.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2010

  • Hope using the same triple vector to transfect T cells in HIV/AIDS patients who have failed

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • A plasmid DNA that expresses the green fluorescent protein (GFP) as a marker was delivered into the sub-retinal space to transfect the chick retinal stem/progenitor cells at embryonic day 3 (E3) or E4 with the aid of pulses of electric current.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

  • A key step in bringing this vector to the clinic was to demonstrate that it is both safe and feasible to transfect the vector into human stem cells and for the RNA molecules to persist in the immune cells of the patient.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • You will transfect eukaryotic cells, use immunofluorescent and other techniques to stain mouse tissues and use confocal microscopy.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2010

  • You will transfect eukaryotic cells, use immunofluorescent and other techniques to stain mouse tissues and use confocal microscopy.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2010

  • You will transfect eukaryotic cells, use immunofluorescent and other techniques to stain mouse tissues and use confocal microscopy.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2010

  • You will transfect eukaryotic cells, use immunofluorescent and other techniques to stain mouse tissues and use confocal microscopy.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2010

  • You will transfect eukaryotic cells, use immunofluorescent and other techniques to stain mouse tissues and use confocal microscopy.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2010

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