Transcription of spontaneously released bacterial deoxyribonucleic acid in frog auricles.
After frog auricles have been in contact with a suspension of bacteria or bacteria-free supernatant fluid, newly synthesized bacterial ribonucleic acid (RNA) is recovered in animal cells. It appears that the presence of bacterial deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)-dependent RNA polymerase is necessary for the transcription of bacterial DNA in the host cells. This phenomenon seems to be related to a transfer of DNA and DNA-dependent RNA polymerase from bacteria into animal cells.
D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura; D001345:Autoradiography; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000378:metabolism; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008722:Methods; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011898:Ranidae; D012231:Rhizobium / Q000378:metabolism; D012294:Rifamycins / Q000494:pharmacology; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014316:Tritium; D014529:Uridine / Q000378:metabolism
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012294:Rifamycins; D014316:Tritium; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases; D014529:Uridine