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retransfect

retransfect verb: to transfect again.

Verb

retransfect (third-person singular simple present retransfects, present participle retransfecting, simple past and past participle retransfected)

  1. To transfect again.
    • From this point, the logical steps are to isolate the plasmid cDNAs, and retransfect yeasts in order to be sure that the effects are mediated by the plasmid.1999, Monica Corada, Adhesion Protein Protocols, page 217
    • Cells were retransfected with or without poly (I:C) (1.0 μg) for an additional 12 h.2015 August 18, Liyan Cao et al., “Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus inhibits dsRNA-induced interferon-β production in porcine intestinal epithelial cells by blockade of the RIG-I-mediated pathway”, in...

Forms of retransfect

third-person singular presentretransfects
present participleretransfecting
past participleretransfected
pastretransfected

Origin of retransfect

From re- + transfect.

Questions about retransfect

What does retransfect mean?
Retransfect means to transfect again.
What part of speech is retransfect?
Retransfect is a verb.
What is the past tense of retransfect?
The past tense of retransfect is retransfected.

Words near retransfect in the dictionary

  1. retranscription
  2. retranscriptions
  3. retransduce
  4. retransduced
  5. retransduction
  6. retransfect
  7. retransfected
  8. retransfecting
  9. retransfection
  10. retransfections
  11. retransfects

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