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Messenger DNA in higher plants
Author(s) -
Gahan Peter B.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
cell biochemistry and function
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.933
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1099-0844
pISSN - 0263-6484
DOI - 10.1002/cbf.1074
Subject(s) - dna , second messenger system , messenger rna , plant cell , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , computational biology , genetics , gene , signal transduction
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. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.