retransfect

English

Etymology

re- + transfect

Verb

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

  1. To transfect again.
    • 1999, Monica Corada, Adhesion Protein Protocols, page 217:
      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.
    • 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 Virology Journal, volume 12, →DOI:
      Cells were retransfected with or without poly (I:C) (1.0 μg) for an additional 12 h.
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