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transfects

transfects is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 transfects

What is transfects the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Transfects is the third-person singular simple present indicative of transfect.

Words near transfects in the dictionary

  1. transfections
  2. transfective
  3. transfectivity
  4. transfectoma
  5. transfectomas
  6. transfects
  7. transfem
  8. transfemale
  9. transfemales
  10. transfemby
  11. transfemcel

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