Transfection Techniques for Neuronal Cells.

The article discusses the transfection techniques for neuronal cells. It notes that the transfection of nucleic acids into cells is vital for the study of many aspects of neuronal cell biology. These include the investigation of gene and protein function by knocking down target proteins via RNA interference (RNAi), expressing tagged proteins to track their subcellular localization, behavior, and turnover, and expressing mutant versions of proteins to study the functions of specific domains.