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transfecting

transfecting is the present participle and gerund of transfect.

Meaning of transfect

Verb

transfect (third-person singular simple present transfects, present participle transfecting, simple past and past participle transfected)

  1. To introduce foreign material into eukaryotic cells.
    • physical means have been developed to transfect DNA into cells2000, Harvey I. Pass, Lung cancer: principles and practice, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, page 43

Questions about transfecting

What is transfecting the present participle and gerund of?
Transfecting is the present participle and gerund of transfect.

Words near transfecting in the dictionary

  1. transfectamine
  2. transfectant
  3. transfectants
  4. transfected
  5. transfectibility
  6. transfecting
  7. transfection
  8. transfectional
  9. transfectionally
  10. transfections
  11. transfective

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