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Transect vs Transfect - What's the difference?

transect | transfect |

As verbs the difference between transect and transfect

is that transect is to divide something by cutting transversely while transfect is to introduce foreign material into eukaryotic cells.

As a noun transect

is a path along which a researcher moves, counts and records his observations.

transect

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • to divide something by cutting transversely

    • Noun

    (wikipedia transect) (en noun)
  • a path along which a researcher moves, counts and records his observations

    • transfect

    English

    Verb

    (en verb) (transfection)
  • To introduce foreign material into eukaryotic cells.
  • *2000 , Harvey I. Pass, Lung cancer: principles and practice , Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, page 43
  • *:physical means have been developed to transfect DNA into cells