Nature 227, 607 - 608 (08 August 1970); doi:10.1038/227607a0

Natural Release of Nucleic Acids from Bacteria into Plant Cells

M. STROUN, P. ANKER & G. AUDERSET

Institut de Botanique Générale, Département de Physiologie, Université de Genève.

BACTERIAL RNA has been recovered from the cells of shoots dipped in a suspension of Agrobacterium tumefaciens (strain B6), virulent to plants¹. We have now found that this is a general phenomenon, resulting from the release of nucleic acids into plant cells.

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