Definition of microinject in English:
microinject
verb mʌɪkrəʊɪnˈdʒɛktˌmīkrōinˈjekt
[with object]Biology Inject (a substance) into a microscopic object.
the recombinant gene was microinjected into fertilized mouse eggs
Example sentencesExamples
- A Tol2 clone marked with the bacterial tetracycline-resistance gene was microinjected into fertilized eggs together with a target plasmid, and the plasmid was recovered from embryos.
- Speckled images of such polymer structures are obtained by microinjecting low amounts of labeled monomers into cells.
- ‘Assisted fertilization involves microinjecting spermatozoa directly into eggs,’ says Masahito Ikawa, a postdoctoral fellow in Verma's lab and the first author on the study.
- In some experiments, oocytes were microinjected with salt solution immediately before recordings.
- Each oocyte was microinjected with 40 nl of cRNA solution.