State of bacterial DNA after uptake into the roots of germinating barley seeds

Germinating barley seeds have been shown to take up Bacillus subtilis DNA labelled with 5-bromouracil and tritiated thymidine and retain the DNA in the root system without substantially degrading it. The percentage of bacterial DNA recovered from the total root DNA was independent of the amount of b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lawson, Larry Dale
Format: Others
Published: BYU ScholarsArchive 1973
Subjects:
DNA
Online Access:https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/8297
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=9297&context=etd