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Science 10 November 1972:
Vol. 178. no. 4061, pp. 621 - 623
DOI: 10.1126/science.178.4061.621
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Bacterial Ribonucleic Acid in the Frog Brain after a Bacterial Peritoneal Infection

Philippe Anker 1 and Maurice Stroun 1

1 Laboratoire de Physiologie Végétale, Université de Genéve, Genéve, Switzerland

Frogs were injected intraperitoneally with bacteria, and the RNA of the brains (which have protective barriers against the bacteria used) was extracted. Part of the RNA was bacterial RNA apparently resulting from the transcription of DNA transferred from bacteria to the brain cells.

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)