Definition of "transfectant" []

• A cell that has incorporated nucleic acid of another species through transfection (noun)

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• "In chemotaxis assays, the 926G transfectant showed greater response to CCL25 than the 926A transfectant."
• "EphA4-HA was expressed together with wild-type Meltrin β (Meltrin β WT); Meltrin β EQ, which contains a point mutation in the active site of its metalloprotease domain; or the empty plasmid as a control, and total cell lysates were prepared from each transfectant with Triton-X100 lysis buffer."