Transfection is the process of deliberately introducing nucleic acids into cells. The term is often used for non-viral methods in eukaryotic cells. It may also refer to other methods and cell types, although other terms are preferred: `transformation` is more often used to describe non-viral DNA transfer in bacteria, non-animal eukaryotic cells,.....
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The successful virus-infection of cells following their inoculation with viral nucleic acid.
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a term sometimes used for an infection initiated by using only the nucleic acid of a virus, not the intact viral particle. It is a useful ...
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The uptake and expression of a foreign DNA sequence by cultured eukaryotic cells.
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<molecular biology> The introduction of DNA into a recipient eukaryote cell and its subsequent integration into the recipient cells chromosomal DNA. ... Usually accomplished using DNA precipitated with calcium ions though a variety of other methods can be used (e.g. Electroporation). Only about 1% of cultured cells are normally transfected. Ã...
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(trans-fek´shәn) originally, the artificial infection of bacterial cells by uptake of viral nucleic acid, resulting in the production of mature virus particles. Now, it includes any means of artificial introduction of foreign DNA into cultured eukaryotic cells; stable integration of the DNA into the recipien...
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The introduction of foreign dna into a host cell.
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The introduction of DNA into a recipient eukaryote cell and its subsequent integration into the recipient cell's chromosomal DNA. Usually accomplished using DNA precipitated with calcium ions though a variety of other methods can be used (eg. electroporation). Only about 1% of cultured cells are normally transfected. Transfection is analogous to bacterial transformation but in eukaryotes transformation is used to describe the changes in cultured cells caused by tumour viruses. Though originally used to describe the situation in which the transfected DNA is integrated, it is now frequently used just to mean introduction of DNA into a target cell, hence the necessity to specify stable transfection.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: trans-fek′shŭn Definitions: 1. A method of gene transfer using infection of a cell with nucleic acid (as from a retrovirus) resulting in subsequent viral replication in the transfected cell.
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the introduction of recombinant DNA molecules into eukaryotic hosts
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