Bacterial membrane vesicles transport their DNA cargo into host cells

Bacterial outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are extracellular sacs containing biologically active products, such as proteins, cell wall components and toxins. OMVs are reported to contain DNA, however, little is known about the nature of this DNA, nor whether it can be transported into host cells. Our...

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Main Authors: Bitto, N, Chapman, R, Pidot, S, Costin, A, Lo, C, Choi, J, D'Cruze, T, Reynolds, E, Dashper, S, Turnbull, L, Whitchurch, C, Stinear, T, Stacey, K, Ferrero, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017