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Transfection types, methods and strategies: a technical review

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Chong, Zhi Xiong, Yeap, Swee Keong, Ho, Wan Yong·2021·PeerJ

Abstract

Transfection is a modern and powerful method used to insert foreign nucleic acids into eukaryotic cells. The ability to modify host cells’ genetic content enables the broad application of this process in studying normal cellular processes, disease molecular mechanism and gene therapeutic effect. In this review, we summarized and compared the findings from various reported literature on the characteristics, strengths, and limitations of various transfection methods, type of transfected nucleic acids, transfection controls and approaches to assess transfection efficiency. With the vast choices of approaches available, we hope that this review will help researchers, especially those new to the field, in their decision making over the transfection protocol or strategy appropriate for their experimental aims.

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Authors
Chong, Z. X., Yeap, S. K., & Ho, W. Y.
Venue
PeerJ
Publisher
PeerJ
Published
2021-04-21
Volume
9
Pages
e11165
ISSN
2167-8359 (ISSN-L)
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W3152771676
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303
References
158
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10.67
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journal article
Language
en
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