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contransfection

contransfection is the alternative form of cotransfection.

Meaning of cotransfection

Noun

cotransfection (countable and uncountable, plural cotransfections)

  1. The simultaneous transfection with two, unrelated nucleic acids, one of which carries a marker gene

Forms of contransfection

pluralcontransfections

Origin of contransfection

From con- + transfection.

Questions about contransfection

What is contransfection the alternative form of?
Contransfection is the alternative form of cotransfection.

Words near contransfection in the dictionary

  1. contramodules
  2. contranarian
  3. contranatural
  4. contransfect
  5. contransfected
  6. contransfection
  7. contransfections
  8. contransporter
  9. contransporters
  10. contrantiscia
  11. contrantiscion

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Adapted from Wiktionary: contransfection (page history and authors); cotransfection (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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