Import of DNA into mammalian nuclei by proteins originating from a plant pathogenic bacterium.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on March 30, 1999

Authors

A Ziemienowicz1, D Görlich, E Lanka, B Hohn, L Rossi

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1: Friedrich Miescher-Institut, P.O. Box 2543, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland.

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