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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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017
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