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Transfection vs Cotransfection - What's the difference?

transfection | cotransfection |

As nouns the difference between transfection and cotransfection

is that transfection is (molecular biology) the introduction of foreign dna into a eukaryotic cell while cotransfection is (medicine) the simultaneous transfection with two, unrelated nucleic acids, one of which carries a marker gene.

transfection

English

Noun

(wikipedia transfection) (en noun)
  • (molecular biology) The introduction of foreign DNA into a eukaryotic cell.

    • Related terms

    * transfectant

    cotransfection

    English

    Alternative forms

    *co-transfection

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) The simultaneous transfection with two, unrelated nucleic acids, one of which carries a marker gene