Lipofectamine

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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.