retransfect

English

Etymology

From 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^[1], volume 12, →DOI:

     Cells were retransfected with or without poly (I:C) (1.0 μg) for an additional 12 h.

Related terms

• retransfection