Lipofection

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Lipofection (or liposome transfection) is a technique used to inject genetic material into a cell by means of liposomes which are vesicles that can easily merge with the cell membrane since they are both made of a phospholipid bilayer.

References

• Lipofection: a highly efficient, lipid-mediated DNA-transfection procedure, Felgner et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1987

External links

• Lipofection

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