title: Messenger DNA in higher plants.
abstract: Evidence is presented that, as in animal and human cells, plant cells can release a newly-synthesized DNA which can freely circulate in the plants. This DNA enters cells and their nuclei where it may be integrated and be expressed so acting, apparently, as a messenger-DNA.
authors.affiliation: School of Biomedical Sciences, Kings College London, London, UK.
authors.forename: Peter B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Gahan
mesh_terms: D001692:Biological Transport; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D022761:Gene Transfer, Horizontal; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics*; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D018744:DNA, Plant