Lipofectamine

Lipofectamine

Lipofectamine or Lipofectamine 2000 is a common transfection reagent, produced and sold by Invitrogen, used in molecular and cellular biology. It is used to introduce, that is transfect, siRNA or plasmid DNA into in vitro cell cultures by lipofection. Lipofectamine treatment alters the cellular plasma membrane, allowing nucleic acids to cross into the cytoplasm. It was invented by Dr. Yongliang Chu at Life Technologies, Inc.


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  • lipofectamine — (= lipofect amine) Proprietary formulation for lipid mediated tranfection of cultured cells …   Dictionary of molecular biology

  • lipofectamine — noun A common transfection reagent …   Wiktionary

  • Transfection — is the process of introducing nucleic acids into cells by non viral methods [http://www.promega.com/guides/transfxn guide/transfxn.pdf] . The term transformation is preferred to describe non viral DNA transfer in bacteria and non animal… …   Wikipedia

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