transfectiesups

English translation: transfection supernatants

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Dutch term or phrase:transfectiesups
English translation:transfection supernatants
Entered by: Sally Hill (X)

07:11 Jun 8, 2010
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) / laboratory techniques in cell biology
Dutch term or phrase: transfectiesups
(something used for transfection) (singular is "sup")
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transfection supernatants
Explanation:
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Sally Hill (X)
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I think both answers are good, but elsewhere in the document the term "supernatant" was used in connection with transfection.
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3 +1transfection supernatants
Sally Hill (X)
3supercoiled plasmid DNA or siRNA constructs transfected
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supercoiled plasmid DNA or siRNA constructs transfected


Explanation:
See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfection
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_supercoil

I suspect this is a shortening of the word "supercoil" but am not entirely sure.

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transfection supernatants


Explanation:
With no context this would be my guess.

Sally Hill (X)
Local time: 05:46
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
I think both answers are good, but elsewhere in the document the term "supernatant" was used in connection with transfection.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Titia Meesters: Sup is the generally used abbr for supernatant. After centrifuging cells down, the sup contains the plasmids to be transfected
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